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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

alpha-AMYLASE AND GLUCOAMYLASE FROM ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE, VAR.
Chemical names: 1. 1,4-alpha-D-GLUCAN GLUCANOHYDROLASE (EC 3.2.1.1); 2. 1,4-alpha-D-GLUCAN GLUCOHYDROLASE (EC 3.2.1.3)
Synonyms: 1. DIASTASE; PTYALIN; GLYCOGENASE (INS No.1100) 2. 1,4-alpha-GLUCOSIDASE, exo-; AMYLOGLUCOSIDASE; ACID MALTASE; LYSOSOMAL alpha-GLUCOSIDASE
Functional class: MICROBIAL ENZYME PREPARATION
Latest evaluation: 1987
Report: TRS 759-JECFA 31/17
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/5 (2000)
Previous status: 1993, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 2/FNP 52 Add.2/13. R,T
1987, FNP 38-JECFA 31/2 (COMPENDIUM/103). R,T
1981, FNP 19-JECFA 25/31. R
1978, FNP 7-JECFA 22/16. R,T
1971, FAS 2/NMRS 50B-JECFA 15/20. N,T
 
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