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PROPYL GALLATE
INS: 310
Chemical names: PROPYL GALLATE; PROPYL ESTER OF GALLIC ACID; n-PROPYL ESTER OF 3,4,5- TRIHYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; PROPYL 3,4,5-TRIHYDROXYBENZOATE
Functional class: ANTIOXIDANT
Latest evaluation: 1996
ADI: 0-1.4 mg/kg bw (1993)
Comments: The 1993 ADI was maintained at the forty-sixth meeting (1996)
Report: TRS 868-JECFA 46/15
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 11/FNP 52 Add. 11/89 (METALS LIMITS) (2003)
Tox monograph: FAS 32/JECFA 41/3 (1993)
Previous status: 1996, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/117. R
1993, TRS 837-JECFA 41/6, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 2/FNP 52 Add.2/97, FAS 32-JECFA 41/3. 0-1.4. FU. R
1986, TRS 751-JECFA 30/15, FNP 37-JECFA 30/105 (COMPENDIUM/1211), FAS 10-JECFA 20/45 (1976). 0-2.5. FU. R
1983, FNP 28-JECFA 27/110. R
1980, TRS 653-JECFA 24/16, FNP 17-JECFA 24/99, FAS 10-JECFA 20/45 (1976). 0-0.2 (GROUP ADI AS PROPYL, OCTYL AND DODECYL GALLATE, SINGLY OR IN COMBINATION). FU. R
1976, FNS 1/TRS 599-JECFA 20/13, FAS 11/FNS 1B-JECFA 20/80, FAS 10-JECFA 20/45. 0-0.2 (TEMPORARY; APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUAL GALLATES OR THEIR SUM). TE. R,T
1973, NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/35, FNP 4-JECFA 17/224, FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/183. 0-0.2 (TEMPORARY; AS SUM OF DODECYL, OCTYL AND PROPYL GALLATE). TE. R,T
1971, NMRS 50/TRS 488-JECFA 15/20, FAS 3/NMRS 50C-JECFA 15/82
1966, NMRS 43/TRS 373-JECFA 10/27. 0-0.2 (CONDITIONAL, 0.2-0.5; AS THE SUM OF DODECYL, PROPYL AND OCTYL GALLATE; CALCULATED AS GALLIC ACID). CO. S
1964, FAS 24.65/NMRS 38A-JECFA 8/22. R
1961, NMRS 31/TRS 228-JECFA 6/60, NMRS 31/TRS 228-JECFA 6/62. 0-0.2 (CONDITIONAL, 0.2-0.5). CO. R
1958, NMRS VOL. I-III/83. N
 
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       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Propyl gallate (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 38a)