Biology A-Level
Identifying respiratory substrates
What Identifying respiratory substrates means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Using the RQ value to identify which respiratory substrate is being respired, comparing it with reference values of about 1.0 for carbohydrate, 0.7 for lipid and 0.8 to 0.9 for protein.
Topics that use Identifying respiratory substrates
- Respiration (OCR A-Level)
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