Category: flavoring agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Appearance: | white crystals (est) |
Assay: | 98.00 to 100.00 %
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Melting Point: | 49.00 to 50.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Boiling Point: | 267.00 to 268.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Boiling Point: | 134.00 to 136.00 °C. @ 15.00 mm Hg
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Vapor Pressure: | 0.013000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
Flash Point: | > 230.00 °F. TCC ( > 110.00 °C. )
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logP (o/w): | 4.630 |
Soluble in: |
| alcohol | | water, 6.968 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) | | water, 4.05 mg/L @ 25 °C (exp) |
Insoluble in: |
| water |
Organoleptic Properties:
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Odor Type: spicy |
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| floral spicy wintergreen anise waxy minty |
Odor Description: at 1.00 % in dipropylene glycol. | floral spicy wintergreen anise waxy mint |
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| floral spicy wintergreen tarragon waxy cooling minty |
Odor Description:
| Floral, spicy, wintergreen, estragole and waxy with cooling, minty nuances Mosciano, Gerard P&F 21, No. 3, 51, (1996) |
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Flavor Type: spicy |
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| grape fig |
Taste Description:
| grape fig |
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| spicy tarragon fennel floral wintergreen |
Taste Description: at 12.00 ppm. | Spicy, estragole, fennel, floral and wintergreen Mosciano, Gerard P&F 21, No. 3, 51, (1996) |
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Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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Cosmetic Information:
Suppliers:
Safety Information:
Preferred SDS: View |
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Hazards identification |
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Classification of the substance or mixture |
GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS) |
None found. |
GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements |
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Pictogram | |
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Hazard statement(s) |
None found. |
Precautionary statement(s) |
None found. |
Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: |
oral-rat LD50 2570 mg/kg Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. Vol. 13, Pg. 487, 1975.
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Dermal Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Inhalation Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Safety in Use Information:
Category: | flavoring agents |
Recommendation for 4-methyl biphenyl usage levels up to: | | not for fragrance use.
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Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 0.0085 (μg/capita/day) |
Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-USA): | 0.08 (μg/capita/day) |
Threshold of Concern: | 90 (μg/person/day) |
Structure Class: | III |
Use levels for FEMA GRAS flavoring substances on which the FEMA Expert Panel based its judgments that the substances are generally recognized as safe (GRAS). |
The Expert Panel also publishes separate extensive reviews of scientific information on all FEMA GRAS flavoring substances and can be found at FEMA Flavor Ingredient Library |
publication number: 4 |
Click here to view publication 4 |
| average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
baked goods: | - | - |
beverages(nonalcoholic): | - | 5.00000 |
beverages(alcoholic): | - | - |
breakfast cereal: | - | - |
cheese: | - | - |
chewing gum: | - | - |
condiments / relishes: | - | - |
confectionery froastings: | - | - |
egg products: | - | - |
fats / oils: | - | - |
fish products: | - | - |
frozen dairy: | - | 5.00000 |
fruit ices: | - | 5.00000 |
gelatins / puddings: | - | 5.00000 |
granulated sugar: | - | - |
gravies: | - | - |
hard candy: | - | 5.00000 |
imitation dairy: | - | - |
instant coffee / tea: | - | - |
jams / jellies: | - | - |
meat products: | - | - |
milk products: | - | - |
nut products: | - | - |
other grains: | - | - |
poultry: | - | - |
processed fruits: | - | - |
processed vegetables: | - | - |
reconstituted vegetables: | - | - |
seasonings / flavors: | - | - |
snack foods: | - | - |
soft candy: | - | - |
soups: | - | - |
sugar substitutes: | - | - |
sweet sauces: | - | - |
Safety References:
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Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| biphenyl, 4-methyl- | 1,1'- | biphenyl, 4-methyl- | para- | methyl biphenyl | 4- | methyl diphenyl | p- | methyl diphenyl | para- | methyl phenyl benzene | (4- | methyl phenyl) benzene | 4- | methyl-1-phenylbenzene | 4- | methyl-1,1'-biphenyl | 1- | methyl-4-phenyl benzene | 1- | methyl-4-phenylbenzene | 4- | methylbiphenyl | p- | methylbiphenyl | para- | methylbiphenyl | p- | methyldiphenyl | (4- | methylphenyl)benzene | p- | methylphenylbenzene | | methylphenylbenzene, p- | 4- | phenyl toluene | 4- | phenyltoluene | | phenyltoluene, p- |
Articles:
US Patents: | 3,931,166 - Certain 2,5-dimethyl-3-thiopyrazines |
PubMed: | Volatile hydrocarbons inhibit methanogenic crude oil degradation. |
PubMed: | Chlorido[2-({[2-(diphenyl-phosphan-yl)-benzyl-idene]amino}-meth-yl)thio-phene-ÎșN,P]methyl-palladium(II). |
PubMed: | Determination of aromatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in gasoline using programmed temperature vaporization-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. |
PubMed: | Active core structure of terfestatin A, a new specific inhibitor of auxin signaling. |
PubMed: | Receptors mediating tachykinin-evoked depolarisations of neurons in the neonatal rat spinal cord. |
PubMed: | Effects of RP 67580, a tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonist, on a primary afferent-evoked response of ventral roots in the neonatal rat spinal cord. |
PubMed: | A novel antagonist, phenylbenzene omega-phosphono-alpha-amino acid, for strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors in the rat spinal cord. |
PubMed: | The lower pathway operon for benzoate catabolism in biphenyl-utilizing Pseudomonas sp. strain IC and the nucleotide sequence of the bphE gene for catechol 2,3-dioxygenase. |
PubMed: | Complete template-directed enzymatic synthesis of a potential antisense DNA containing 42 methylphosphonodiester bonds. |
PubMed: | Differences in the effects of tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonists: neuronal versus smooth muscle tissues. |
PubMed: | Non-peptide antagonists, CP-96,345 and RP 67580, distinguish species variants in tachykinin NK1 receptors. |
PubMed: | Effects of ortho-methyl substituents on the mutagenicity of aminobiphenyls and aminonaphthalenes. |
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