what is the RQ value of LIPIDS

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The RQ value of fats is less than one. It can be illustrated through the example of tripalmitin fatty acid, which consumes 145 molecules of O 2 for respiration while 102 molecules of CO 2 are evolved. The RQ value for tripalmitin is 0.7.

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