Category: flavor and fragrance agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Appearance: | colorless to pale yellow clear liquid (est) |
Assay: | 99.00 to 100.00 %
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Specific Gravity: | 0.86000 to 0.86600 @ 25.00 °C.
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Pounds per Gallon - (est).: | 7.156 to 7.206
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Refractive Index: | 1.44600 to 1.45200 @ 20.00 °C.
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Boiling Point: | 209.00 to 210.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Boiling Point: | 97.00 °C. @ 30.00 mm Hg
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Acid Value: | 1.00 max. KOH/g
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Vapor Pressure: | 0.245000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
Flash Point: | 167.00 °F. TCC ( 75.00 °C. )
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logP (o/w): | 4.848 (est) |
Soluble in: |
| alcohol | | water, 4.559 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
Insoluble in: |
| water |
Organoleptic Properties:
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Odor Type: green |
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| green fatty lactonic oily roasted nutty |
Odor Description: at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. | green fatty lactonic oily roasted nutty |
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| green fatty lactonic oily dairy meaty |
Odor Description:
| Green, fatty, lactonic, oily and dairy with a meaty nuance Mosciano, Gerard P&F 23, No. 1, 33, (1998) |
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Flavor Type: fatty |
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| fatty vegetable lactonic herbal oily tropical |
Taste Description: at 5.00 ppm. | Fatty, vegetative, lactonic, herbal and oily with a tropical nuance Mosciano, Gerard P&F 23, No. 1, 33, (1998) |
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Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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R C Treatt & Co Ltd |
2-Heptylfuran Halal, Kosher |
Odor Description: | Faint, fruity, sweet, wine-like |
Taste Description: | fruity Used in flavours, at 2-10ppm in oils and fats; at 3-15ppm, in dairy products; and at 5-25ppm, in snack foods and seasonings. |
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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: |
Not determined
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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: | flavor and fragrance agents |
RIFM Fragrance Material Safety Assessment: Search |
IFRA Code of Practice Notification of the 49th Amendment to the IFRA Code of Practice |
Recommendation for 2-heptyl furan usage levels up to: | | 0.3000 % in the fragrance concentrate.
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Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 0.012 (μg/capita/day) |
Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-USA): | 0.90 (μg/capita/day) |
Modified Theoretical Added Maximum Daily Intake (mTAMDI): | 14 (μg/person/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: 7 |
Click here to view publication 7 |
| average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
baked goods: | - | 0.06000 |
beverages(nonalcoholic): | - | 0.02000 |
beverages(alcoholic): | - | - |
breakfast cereal: | - | - |
cheese: | - | - |
chewing gum: | - | 0.06000 |
condiments / relishes: | - | - |
confectionery froastings: | - | - |
egg products: | - | - |
fats / oils: | - | - |
fish products: | - | - |
frozen dairy: | - | 0.02000 |
fruit ices: | - | 0.02000 |
gelatins / puddings: | - | 0.05000 |
granulated sugar: | - | - |
gravies: | - | - |
hard candy: | - | - |
imitation dairy: | - | - |
instant coffee / tea: | - | - |
jams / jellies: | - | - |
meat products: | - | - |
milk products: | - | 0.02000 |
nut products: | - | - |
other grains: | - | - |
poultry: | - | - |
processed fruits: | - | - |
processed vegetables: | - | - |
reconstituted vegetables: | - | - |
seasonings / flavors: | - | - |
snack foods: | - | - |
soft candy: | - | - |
soups: | - | - |
sugar substitutes: | - | - |
sweet sauces: | - | - |
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Food categories according to Commission Regulation EC No. 1565/2000 (EC, 2000) in FGE.06 (EFSA, 2002a). According to the Industry the "normal" use is defined as the average of reported usages and "maximum use" is defined as the 95th percentile of reported usages (EFSA, 2002i). |
Note: mg/kg = 0.001/1000 = 0.000001 = 1/1000000 = ppm. |
| average usage mg/kg | maximum usage mg/kg |
Dairy products, excluding products of category 02.0 (01.0): | 0.05000 | 0.50000 |
Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) (02.0): | - | - |
Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet (03.0): | - | - |
Processed fruit (04.1): | - | - |
Processed vegetables (incl. mushrooms & fungi, roots & tubers, pulses and legumes), and nuts & seeds (04.2): | - | - |
Confectionery (05.0): | - | - |
Chewing gum (05.0): | - | - |
Cereals and cereal products, incl. flours & starches from roots & tubers, pulses & legumes, excluding bakery (06.0): | 0.02000 | 0.20000 |
Bakery wares (07.0): | 0.06000 | 0.20000 |
Meat and meat products, including poultry and game (08.0): | 0.02000 | 0.20000 |
Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms (MCE) (09.0): | - | - |
Eggs and egg products (10.0): | - | - |
Sweeteners, including honey (11.0): | - | - |
Salts, spices, soups, sauces, salads, protein products, etc. (12.0): | - | - |
Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (13.0): | - | - |
Non-alcoholic ("soft") beverages, excl. dairy products (14.1): | 0.02000 | 0.20000 |
Alcoholic beverages, incl. alcohol-free and low-alcoholic counterparts (14.2): | - | - |
Ready-to-eat savouries (15.0): | - | - |
Composite foods (e.g. casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01.0 - 15.0 (16.0): | - | - |
Safety References:
European Food Safety Athority(EFSA): | Flavor usage levels; Subacute, Subchronic, Chronic and Carcinogenicity Studies; Developmental / Reproductive Toxicity Studies; Genotoxicity Studies... |
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reference(s): |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 13Rev1: Furfuryl and furan derivatives with and without additional side-chain substituents and heteroatoms from chemical group 14 View page or View pdf |
Flavouring Group Evaluation 67 (FGE.67): Consideration of 40 furan-substituted aliphatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and related esters, sulfides, disulfides and ethers evaluated by JECFA at the 65th meeting (JECFA, 2006b) and re-evaluated at the 69th meeting (JECFA, 2009c) View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 13, Revision 2 (FGE.13Rev2): Furfuryl and furan derivatives with and without additional side-chain substituents and heteroatoms from chemical group 14 View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 67, Revision 1 (FGE.67Rev.1): Consideration of 40 furan-substituted aliphatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and related esters, sulfides, disulfides and ethers evaluated by JECFA at the 65th meeting (JECFA, 2006b) and re-evaluated at the 69th meeting (JECFA, 2009c) View page or View pdf |
Statement on List of Representative Substances for Testing.
The current Statement lays down a list of substances in sub-groups with representative substances for which additional data are required prior to their evaluation through the Procedure (Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000). View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 67 Revision 2 (FGE.67Rev2): Consideration of 28 furan-substituted compounds evaluated by JECFA at the 55th, 65th and 69th meetings (JECFA, 2001, 2006a, 2009b) View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 13 Revision 3 (FGE.13Rev3): furfuryl and furan derivatives with and without additional side-chain substituents and heteroatoms from chemical group 14 View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 67, Revision 3 (FGE.67Rev3): consideration of 23 furan-substituted compounds evaluated by JECFA at the 55th, 65th, 69th and 86th meetings View page or View pdf |
EPI System: | View |
Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System: | Search |
AIDS Citations: | Search |
Cancer Citations: | Search |
Toxicology Citations: | Search |
EPA Substance Registry Services (TSCA): | 3777-71-7 |
EPA ACToR: | Toxicology Data |
EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS): | Registry |
Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary : | 19603 |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: | Data |
WGK Germany: | 3 |
| 2-heptylfuran |
Chemidplus: | 0003777717 |
References:
Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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For Odor |
No odor group found for these |
| sulfuryl octanoate | FL/FR |
| sulfuryl butyrate | FL/FR |
| sulfuryl decanoate | FL/FR |
| sulfuryl hexanoate | FL/FR |
| sulfuryl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| sulfuryl propionate | FL/FR |
acidic |
2- | ethyl butyric acid | FL/FR |
aldehydic |
| acetyl nonyryl | FL/FR |
| dodecanal (aldehyde C-12 lauric) | FL/FR |
| fresh carbaldehyde | FR |
iso | freshal | FR |
| octanal (aldehyde C-8) | FL/FR |
| octane nitrile | FR |
| undecanal | FL/FR |
balsamic |
| guaiyl acetate | FL/FR |
buttery |
| acetoin | FL/FR |
| butyl butyryl lactate | FL/FR |
caramellic |
2-oxo | butyric acid | FL/FR |
iso | propenyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
cheesy |
| butyric acid | FL/FR |
chocolate |
2,5- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2- | tetradecenal | FL/FR |
coconut |
| coconut decanone methyl | FR |
delta- | decalactone | FL/FR |
gamma- | octalactone | FL/FR |
delta- | octalactone | FL/FR |
creamy |
| creamy lactone | FL/FR |
3- | heptyl dihydro-5-methyl-2(3H)-furanone | FL/FR |
para- | vanillic acid | FL/FR |
earthy |
5- | cyclopropyl-3(or 2),4-dimethyl octahydro-4,7-methanoinden-5-ol | |
fatty |
(Z)- | dairy lactone | FL/FR |
3- | decen-2-one | FL/FR |
(E,Z)-2,6- | dodecadienal | FL/FR |
| methyl 2-hexenoate | FL/FR |
4- | methyl octanoic acid | FL/FR |
6- | methyl-5-hepten-2-one propylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
2- | nonenal | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | nonenal | FL/FR |
2- | octenal | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | octenal | FL/FR |
floral |
iso | jasmone | FL/FR |
| methyl dihydrojasmonate | FL/FR |
fruity |
iso | amyl octanoate | FL/FR |
| ethyl hexanoate | FL/FR |
| geranyl isovalerate | FL/FR |
| methyl (Z)-5-octenoate | FL/FR |
| methyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| methyl 3-nonenoate | FL/FR |
| octen-1-yl cyclopentanone | FL/FR |
gamma- | undecalactone (aldehyde C-14 (so-called)) | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | undecenal | FL/FR |
green |
iso | butyl methyl ketone | FL/FR |
| cilantro leaf oil | FL/FR |
| dodecanal dimethyl acetal | FL/FR |
| heptanal (aldehyde C-7) | FL/FR |
| heptanal cyclic propylene acetal | FL/FR |
3- | heptanone | FL/FR |
2- | heptenal | FL/FR |
(Z)-4- | heptenal | FL/FR |
| hexanal (aldehyde C-6) | FL/FR |
(Z)-3- | hexenal | FL/FR |
alpha- | hexyl cinnamaldehyde dimethyl acetal | FR |
| manzanate (Givaudan) | FL/FR |
1- | methoxy-2,7-octadiene | |
| methyl heptine carbonate | FL/FR |
(E,Z)-3,6- | nonadien-1-ol | FL/FR |
(E,Z)-2,6- | nonadienal | FL/FR |
(Z)-2- | nonen-1-ol | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | nonen-1-ol | FL/FR |
2- | nonene nitrile | FR |
(E)-2- | octen-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
1,5- | undecadien-4-yl acetate | |
herbal |
3- | octyl acetate | FL/FR |
muguet |
4-iso | butyl 1-(3-methoxy-2-propen-1-yl) benzene | FR |
4- | ethyl 1-(3-methoxy-2-propen-1-yl) benzene | FR |
4- | methyl 1-(3-methoxy-2-propen-1-yl) benzene | FR |
4- | propyl 1-(3-methoxy-2-propen-1-yl) benzene | FR |
2- | acetyl-3-methyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2- | acetyl-3,5-dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2- | acetyl-3,5(or 6)-dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
5- | acetyl-4-methyl thiazole | |
roasted | chestnut fragrance | FR |
3,6- | cocoa pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,4- | dimethyl-5-ethyl thiazole | |
| filbert heptenone B | FL/FR |
| methoxymethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| nutty quinoxaline | FL/FR |
| sesame absolute | FL/FR |
roasted |
2- | acetyl-2-pyrroline | |
soapy |
| methyl anthranilate / hexyl cinnamaldehyde schiff's base | FR |
spicy |
| cumin seed absolute | FL/FR |
| furfuryl thioacetate | FL/FR |
waxy |
9- | decenoic acid | FL/FR |
| heptyl octanoate | FL/FR |
2,4- | nonadien-1-ol | FL/FR |
| nonanoic acid | FL/FR |
| propyl decanoate | FL/FR |
delta- | tetradecalactone | FL/FR |
2- | tridecanone | FL/FR |
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For Flavor |
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No flavor group found for these |
2- | acetyl-2-pyrroline | |
5- | acetyl-4-methyl thiazole | |
5- | cyclopropyl-3(or 2),4-dimethyl octahydro-4,7-methanoinden-5-ol | |
9- | decen-2-one | FL |
6,7- | dihydro-2,3-dimethyl-5H-cyclopentapyrazine | FL |
6,7- | dimethyl dihydrocyclopentapyrazine | FL |
2,5- | dimethyl pyrazine and 2,6-dimethyl pyrazine mixture | FL |
2,5- | dimethyl thiazole | FL |
2,4- | dimethyl-5-ethyl thiazole | |
2,5- | dithiahexane | FL |
| epoxy-2-decenal | FL |
| furfuryl hexanoate | FL |
| guaiyl acetate | FL/FR |
(E,E)-2,4- | heptadien-1-ol | FL |
| heptanal cyclic propylene acetal | FL/FR |
2- | heptenal | FL/FR |
| hexanal butane-2,3-diol acetal | FL |
| hexanal octane-1,3-diol acetal | FL |
| hexyl (E)-2-hexenoate | FL |
1- | methoxy-2,7-octadiene | |
| methyl 2-(methyl thio) acetate | FL |
| methyl 2-hexenoate | FL/FR |
3- | methyl crotonic acid | FL |
6- | methyl octanal | FL |
S- | methyl thiopropionate | FL |
6- | methyl-5-hepten-2-one propylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
2- | octenal | FL/FR |
| propyl decanoate | FL/FR |
2- | propyl pyridine | FL |
| pyrazines mixture | FL |
| sulfuryl butyrate | FL/FR |
| sulfuryl decanoate | FL/FR |
| sulfuryl hexanoate | FL/FR |
| sulfuryl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
2- | tetradecenal | FL/FR |
1,5- | undecadien-4-yl acetate | |
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5- | acetyl-2,3-dihydro-1,4-thiazine | FL |
(±)-3-( | methyl thio) heptanal | FL |
3-( | methyl thio) methyl thiophene | FL |
| sulfuryl octanoate | FL/FR |
| sulfuryl propionate | FL/FR |
acidic |
2- | ethyl butyric acid | FL/FR |
| propionic acid | FL |
aldehydic |
| acetyl nonyryl | FL/FR |
| octanal (aldehyde C-8) | FL/FR |
brown |
2-oxo | butyric acid | FL/FR |
burnt |
iso | propenyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
citrus |
| cilantro leaf oil | FL/FR |
coconut |
delta- | decalactone | FL/FR |
delta- | octalactone | FL/FR |
cooling |
| manzanate (Givaudan) | FL/FR |
creamy |
| acetoin | FL/FR |
| butyl butyryl lactate | FL/FR |
| creamy lactone | FL/FR |
gamma- | undecalactone (aldehyde C-14 (so-called)) | FL/FR |
para- | vanillic acid | FL/FR |
dairy |
| methyl (Z)-5-octenoate | FL/FR |
fatty |
(Z)- | dairy lactone | FL/FR |
2,4- | decadienal | FL |
(E,E)-2,4- | heptadienal | FL |
4- | methyl octanoic acid | FL/FR |
2,4- | nonadien-1-ol | FL/FR |
2,4- | nonadienal | FL |
| nonanoic acid | FL/FR |
(Z)-2- | nonen-1-ol | FL/FR |
2- | nonenal | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | octenal | FL/FR |
2- | tridecanone | FL/FR |
fishy |
4,5- | dimethyl thiazole | FL |
floral |
| methyl dihydrojasmonate | FL/FR |
fruity |
iso | amyl octanoate | FL/FR |
| ethyl hexanoate | FL/FR |
2- | ethyl-2,5-dihydro-4-methyl thiazole | FL |
3- | heptyl dihydro-5-methyl-2(3H)-furanone | FL/FR |
| methyl (E)-3-nonenoate | FL |
| methyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| methyl 3-nonenoate | FL/FR |
| octen-1-yl cyclopentanone | FL/FR |
green |
iso | butyl methyl ketone | FL/FR |
3- | decen-2-one | FL/FR |
| dihydroxyacetophenone (mixed isomers) | FL |
(E,Z)-2,6- | dodecadienal | FL/FR |
| dodecanal dimethyl acetal | FL/FR |
| geranyl isovalerate | FL/FR |
| heptanal (aldehyde C-7) | FL/FR |
| heptanal 2,3-butane diol acetal | FL |
(E)-2- | heptenal | FL |
(Z)-4- | heptenal | FL/FR |
2,4- | hexadienal | FL |
| hexanal (aldehyde C-6) | FL/FR |
(Z)-3- | hexenal | FL/FR |
2- | hexyl pyridine | FL |
iso | jasmone | FL/FR |
| methyl heptine carbonate | FL/FR |
(E,Z)-3,6- | nonadien-1-ol | FL/FR |
(E,Z)-2,6- | nonadienal | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | nonen-1-ol | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | nonenal | FL/FR |
(E,E)-2,4- | octadienal | FL |
2,4- | octadienal | FL |
(E)-2- | octen-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
3- | octyl acetate | FL/FR |
ketonic |
3- | heptanone | FL/FR |
lactonic |
gamma- | octalactone | FL/FR |
musty |
2,5- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2- | ethoxythiazole | FL |
nutty |
3- | acetyl-2,5-dimethyl thiophene | FL |
2- | acetyl-3-methyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2- | acetyl-3,5-dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2- | acetyl-3,5(or 6)-dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| arachis hypogaea fruit extract | FL |
3,6- | cocoa pyrazine | FL/FR |
1- | ethyl-2-acetyl pyrrole | FL |
| filbert heptenone B | FL/FR |
| methoxymethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| nutty quinoxaline | FL/FR |
| sesame absolute | FL/FR |
roasted |
3,5- | diisobutyl-1,2,4-trithiolane | FL |
| furfuryl thioacetate | FL/FR |
soapy |
| dodecanal (aldehyde C-12 lauric) | FL/FR |
sour |
| butyric acid | FL/FR |
spicy |
| cumin seed absolute | FL/FR |
sulfurous |
| potato butanone | FL |
waxy |
9- | decenoic acid | FL/FR |
| heptyl octanoate | FL/FR |
delta- | tetradecalactone | FL/FR |
| undecanal | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | undecenal | FL/FR |
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Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| furan, 2-heptyl- | 2- | heptylfuran | 2-N- | heptylfuran |
Articles:
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