Hexamethylene tetramine or hexamine is also used as a food additive as a preservative (INS number 239). It is approved for usage for this purpose in the EU, where it is listed under E number E239, however it is not approved in the USA, Russia, Australia, or New Zealand.ogether with 1,3,5-trioxane, hexamethylenetetramine is a component of hexamine fuel tablets used by campers, hobbyists, the military and relief organizations for heating camping food or military rations.
Define murine. murine synonyms, murine pronunciation, murine translation, English dictionary definition of murine. adj. 1. Of or relating to a rodent of the subfamily Murinae, which includes the house mouse and the brown rat. 2. Caused, transmitted by, or affecting such...
Definition of musk. 1  1a : a substance with a penetrating persistent odor obtained from a sac beneath the abdominal skin of the male musk deer and used as a perfume fixative; also : a similar substance from another animal or a synthetic substituteb : the odor of musk; also : an odor resembling musk especially in heaviness or persistence.