CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (SWEET ORANGE) OIL

Score	Data: Limited
CAS	8008-57-9
moisturizer (165 products)
facial moisturizer/ treatment (116 products)
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facial cleanser (85 products)
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CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (SWEET ORANGE) OIL

Health concerns of ingredient
About the ratings
Cancer	no information
Developmental & reproductive toxicity	no information
Allergies & immunotoxicity	no information
Use restrictions	no information
Contamination concerns: none
Other MODERATE concerns: Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
Other LOW concerns: Ecotoxicology, Data gaps

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Function/use(s): Fragrance Ingredient; ASTRINGENT; MASKING; SKIN CONDITIONING; TONIC

About CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (SWEET ORANGE) OIL: Volatile oil expressed from the fresh peel of the orange fruit.

Synonym(s): CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (ORANGE) OIL, CITRUS SINENSIS OIL; OIL OF ORANGE; ORANGE OIL; ORANGE OIL TERPENELESS (CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) OSBECK) ; ORANGE PEEL OIL, SWEET (CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) OSBECK) ; SWEET (CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) OSBECK) ORANGE PEEL OIL; CITRUS SINENSIS (SWEET ORANGE) OIL; ORANGE ESSENTIAL OIL; ABSOLUE ORANGE FLOWER; ABSOLUE ORANGE FLOWER DECOLOREE; ABSOLUE ORANGE FLOWER FROM WATER; ABSOLUTE ORANGE FLOWERS; ABSOLUTE PETITGRAIN; NEROLI OIL; NEROLI OIL, POMMADE; CITRUS SINENSIS OIL; OIL SWEET; OILS, ORANGE, SWEET; CITRUS SINENSIS (SWEET ORANGE) ESSENTIAL OIL

Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
type of concern	product conditions	reference
Classified as expected to be toxic or harmful		Environment Canada Domestic Substance List
Classified as medium human health priority		Environment Canada Domestic Substance List

Ecotoxicology
type of concern	product conditions	reference
Suspected to be an environmental toxin		Environment Canada Domestic Substance List

Data gaps
type of concern	product conditions	reference
Not assessed for safety in cosmetics by industry panel
101 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical see search results ->		PubMed

Multiple, additive exposure sources
type of concern	product conditions	reference
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food		FDA Everything Added to Food

Persistence and bioaccumulation

type of concern

product conditions

reference

Not suspected to be persistent

Environment Canada Domestic Substance List

Government, industry, academic studies and classifications
government/industry list/academic study	appears on list as	classification(s)
FDA Everything Added to Food	ORANGE, OIL, TERPENELESS (CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) OSBECK)	• ASP
FDA Everything Added to Food	ORANGE PEEL, SWEET, OIL (CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) OSBECK)	• ASP
Environment Canada Domestic Substance List	OILS, ORANGE, SWEET	Y-Categorization,Y-Human health,Moderate-Health Priority,,,Y-AquaticTox,,,,
IFRA Fragrance Ingredient List	ORANGE PEEL OIL, SWEET (CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) OSBECK)	reported as used in fragrance compounds in 2008

Other RTECS® classifications [shown for informational purposes only]
government/industry list/academic study	appears on list as	classification(s)
RTECS^®- Food and Cosmetics Toxicology 1974	CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (SWEET ORANGE) OIL	• skin - Primary skin irritant (rabbit )
RTECS^®- Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1965	CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (SWEET ORANGE) OIL	• cancer - gastrointestinal neoplasms (mouse TDLo)

references
government/industry list/academic study	reference
FDA Everything Added to Food	FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). 2008. EAFUS [Everything Added to Food]: A Food Additive Database. FDA Office of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Environment Canada Domestic Substance List	EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry.
IFRA Fragrance Ingredient List	IFRA (International Fragrance Assocication). 2010. IFRA Fragrance Ingredient List based on 2008 Use Survey. Accessed online 01/04/2010: http://www.ifraorg.org/Home/News/Latest-News/page.aspx/66?xf_itemId=43&xf_selectionDatapartId=25
RTECS^®- Food and Cosmetics Toxicology 1974 [shown for informational purposes only]	RTECS^®- Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For publisher information, see FCTOD7. 12,733,1974
RTECS^®- Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1965 [shown for informational purposes only]	RTECS^®- Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Washington, DC) V.1-60, 1940-78. For publisher information, see JJIND8. 35,771,1965