SHEET /m/raspberry-ketone · PubChem CID 21648 · CAS 5471-51-2 · REV 2026.07
Raspberry ketone
from sourceC10H12O2 · 164.2 g/mol
p-Hydroxybenzyl acetone · Frambinone · Oxyphenalon · Rasketone
What is Raspberry ketone?
The compound that gives raspberries their smell, and one of the most expensive natural flavour extracts by weight because raspberries contain so little. from source
Fig. 1 · 2D structure RDKit
CC(=O)CCC1=CC=C(C=C1)OThe dose makes the poison inferred
A reported rat oral LD50 for Raspberry ketone is 1,320 mg/kg, the dose lethal to half the animals tested. Scaled by body mass alone:
“The dose makes the poison” is a cross-species estimate shown as neutral science, not a threshold anyone should act on. Real toxicity depends on the person, not body mass alone.
Toxicity & hazards
Toxicity · LD50
1,320 mg/kg · low toxicity · LD50 rat oral from source
The dose lens above scales this to a body weight.
2 more reported values
- 350 mg/kgLD50 · other · rat
- 700 mg/kgLD50 · other · rat
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