Question

Write any two difference between the ways of oxidation of glucose in organic

Answer 1

A living organism requires energy simply to survive as an organized structure, let alone to perform any useful functions.Biochemical, or living, systems require sources of energy. The fundamental source of energy for them is light, whose source is the sun. A small fraction (for sugar cane, 8% of incident light; for corn, 1 - 2%) of this light can be used by plants, through photosynthesis, to obtain compounds from carbon dioxide and water.Animals, such as human beings, are not capable of photosynthesis and so they derive their energy by running reactions such as this backwards, degrading the glucose to, ultimately, carbon dioxide and water. The overall reaction of glucose oxidation is the reverse of the overall reaction for its formation. Fot he reverse reaction the standard free energy change DGo must then be -2870 kJ/mole.