Chemical Family Sorted by lowest NOAEL first

Fragrance Allergens NOAEL Comparison

This page compares public raw NOAEL endpoint rows for Linalool, Limonene, Citronellol, Geraniol, Citral, Coumarin. Values are pulled from noael_studies_public with NOAEL endpoint, mg/kg-family unit, and non-threshold qualifier filters.

Substances
6
With NOAEL Rows
4
Unique Sources
4
Lowest Indexed NOAEL
6 mg/kg bw
Citral

Source Agreement Highlights

Citral Wide disagreement
Highest indexed NOAEL is 136.6667x the lowest.
EFSA_OpenFoodTox_EFSA_ReferencePoints.xlsx, COSMOS_DB
Geraniol Wide disagreement
Highest indexed NOAEL is 10x the lowest.
COSMOS_DB, ToxValDB_ECHA_IUCLID
Limonene Wide disagreement
Highest indexed NOAEL is 13.75x the lowest.
EFSA_OpenFoodTox_OpenFoodToxTX22809_2023.xlsx, ToxValDB_ECHA_IUCLID
Substance CAS Lowest NOAEL Highest NOAEL # Studies EU Status Sources
Citral 5392-40-5 6 mg/kg bw 820 mg/kg bw/day 8 restricted; max 10 ppm in leave-on products, 100 ppm in rinse-off products
EFSA_OpenFoodTox_EFSA_ReferencePoints.xlsx, COSMOS_DB
Wide disagreement
Geraniol 106-24-1 50 mg/kg bw/day 500 mg/kg bw/day 3 restricted; max 10 ppm in leave-on products, 100 ppm in rinse-off products
COSMOS_DB, ToxValDB_ECHA_IUCLID
Wide disagreement
Limonene 5989-27-5 60 mg/kg bw/day 825 mg/kg bw/day 5 restricted; max >0.001% leave-on, >0.01% rinse-off (mandatory label declaration)
EFSA_OpenFoodTox_OpenFoodToxTX22809_2023.xlsx, ToxValDB_ECHA_IUCLID
Wide disagreement
Linalool 78-70-6 1,000 mg/kg bw/day 1,000 mg/kg bw/day 1 restricted; max Mandatory individual label declaration above 10 ppm in leave-on products, 100 ppm in rinse-off products (EU 26 allergen list). IFRA 51st Amendment imposes stricter limits on linalool hydroperoxide content in formulations.
COSMOS_DB
Single source
Citronellol 106-22-9 - - 0 restricted; max Declarable EU allergen; labelling required >10 ppm leave-on / >100 ppm rinse-off under Regulation (EU) 2023/1545; IFRA restrictions apply -
No NOAEL rows
Coumarin 91-64-5 - - 0 restricted; max 10 ppm in leave-on products, 100 ppm in rinse-off products -
No NOAEL rows

Ingredient Records