Registration Dossier
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EC number: 284-515-8 | CAS number: 84929-31-7 Extractives and their physically modified derivatives such as tinctures, concretes, absolutes, essential oils, oleoresins, terpenes, terpene-free fractions, distillates, residues, etc., obtained from Citrus limonum, Rutaceae.
Biodegradation in water: screening tests
Administrative data
Link to relevant study record(s)
Description of key information
All known constituents, comprising 97% of the composition of this NCS, are in the category of readily biodegradable substances. Therefore, Lemon oil is considered readily biodegradable.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
- Biodegradation in water:
- readily biodegradable
Additional information
Lemon oil is a Natural Complex Substance (NCS), typically consisting for 60% of d-limonene (range 25 -89%) and a range of minor constituents. Therefore the asssessment of the biodegradability of Lemon oil is based on its constituents. The assumption is that if the constituents of the NCS are readily biodegradable, the NCS itself is readily biodegradable as well. All known constituents, comprising 97% of the composition of this NCS, are in the category of readily biodegradable substances. Therefore, Lemon oil is considered readily biodegradable.
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