Question

What is the value of rq when palmitic acid (c16h32o2 ) is converted into sucrose, carbon dioxide and water in the presence of oxygen in the endosperm tissue of germinating seeds? Q9. Which out of blood from pulmonary vein, blood from aorta,?

Answer 1

It will be 0.7.

since rq value is no. of CO2 evolved divided by no. of O2 consumed

C16H32O2 + 23O2  ====>  16CO2 + 16H2O

and  16/23 is appox. 0.7

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