| FL No |
02.015 |
| In register |
Yes |
| Flavis name |
Menthol |
| Chemical group number |
08 |
| Chemical group name |
Secondary alicyclic saturated and unsaturated alcohols/ketones/ketals/esters with ketals containing alicyclic alcohols or ketones and esters containing secondary alicyclic alcohols. Esters may contain aliphatic acyclic or alicyclic acid component. |
| CAS No |
89-78-1 |
| CE No |
63 |
| JECFA N0 |
427 |
| FEMA No |
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| Systematic name |
cis(1,3)-trans(1,4)-Menthan-3-ol |
| Synonyms |
2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexanol; Hexahydrothymol; 5-Methyl-2-isopropylhexahydrophenol; 5-Methyl-2-isopropylcyclohexanol |
| Evaluation |
No further evaluation needed |
| Needed Tox |
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| Remarks |
ADI: 0-4 [REF:1534] |
| Ref short |
JECFA, 2000a |
| Reference |
JECFA, 2000a. Evaluation of certain food additives. Fifty-first meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. Geneva, 9-18 June 1998. WHO Technical Report Series, no. 891. Geneva. |
| Structure |
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