Defining maximum levels of higher alcohols in alcoholic beverages and surrogate alcohol products

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-321

  Lachenmeier, Dirk W ^a   Haupt, Simone ^a   Schulz, Katja ^b  

^a Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt ^*  (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholic beverages; Butanol; Ethanol; Fusel oil; Higher alcohols; Methanol; Propanol; Surrogate alcohol

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANOL; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; HEXANOL; ISOBUTANOL; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; METHANOL; PROPANOL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LD 50; LIVER TOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FATTY ALCOHOLS; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL;

EID: 41949139862     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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