Question

Respiratory quotient of gulcose is ?

Answer 1

Respiratory quotient. The respiratory quotient (or RQ or respiratorycoefficient), is a dimensionless number used in calculations of basal metabolic rate (BMR) when estimated from carbon dioxide production. ... A value of 0.7 indicates that lipids are being metabolized, 0.8 for proteins, and 1.0 for carbohydrates.