Page 2 - Lesson notes- Plant Respiration
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volume of oxygen consumed in respiration over a period of time. RQ is equal to one
for carbohydrate and less than one for protein and peptones.
Aerobic Respiration is an enzymatically controlled release of energy in a stepwise catabolic
process of complete oxidation of organic food into carbon dioxide and water with oxygen
acting as terminal oxidant.
