The respiratory Quotient RQ of glucose is 05 07 10 15
| The respiratory Quotient (RQ) of glucose is
A. 0.5
B. 0.7
C. 1.0
D. 1.5
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Right Answer is: C
SOLUTION
Respiratory Quotient or RQ is calculated by the amount of CO2 eliminated to the O2 consumed. It is a dimensionless number used in calculations of Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR).
i.e RQ=CO2 eliminatedO2 consumed
Hence, RQ for glucose or carbohydrate is 1.0 and for fat is 0.7, for protein it is 0.5 and for organic acids it is more than one.