Answer:
Answer Respiratory Quotient The ratio of the volume of CO2
evolved to the volume of O2 consumed in respiration is called the respiratory
quotient (RQ) or respiratory ratio.
The respiratory quotient depends upon the type of
respiratory substrate used during respiration. For fats, its value is less than
1. For example, RQ for a fatty acid, tripalmitin, if used as a substrate is
shown as
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