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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

ISOMETAMIDIUM
Chemical names: 3-AMINO-8-[3-[3-(AMINOIMINOMETHYL)PHENYL]-1-TRIAZENYL]-5-ETHYL-6-PHENYLPHENANTHRIDINIUM CHLORIDE
Synonyms: SAMORIN; TRYPAMIDIUM
Functional class: VETERINARY DRUG (TRYPANOCIDE)
Latest evaluation: 1992
ADI: 0-0.1 mg/kg bw
Comments/MRLs: MRLs: Muscle and fat: 0.1 mg/kg; Liver (cattle): 0.5 mg/kg; Kidney (cattle): 1 mg/kg; Milk (cattle): 0.1 mg/l
Report: TRS 832-JECFA 40/49
Residues: FNP 41/5-JECFA 40/155
Tox monograph: FAS 31-JECFA 40/167
Previous status: 1989, TRS 788-JECFA 34/44, FNP 41/2-JECFA 34/43, FAS 25-JECFA 34/125. NO ADI ALLOCATED. NO MRLs ALLOCATED. NO. O
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Isometamidium (WHO Food Additives Series 25)
       Isometamidium (WHO Food Additives Series 31)