Oxicaloric equivalent

The oxicaloric equivalent is a characteristic of bioenergetics and is always assigned to an operating material . It indicates how much energy is released in a metabolic process that consumes a set volume or amount of substance of oxygen . The unit of the oxicaloric equivalent is therefore or . For carbohydrates the value is 21.1 and for fats 19.8 kJ per liter of oxygen. ${\displaystyle \textstyle {\frac {J}{l_{\text{O2}}}}}$ ${\displaystyle \textstyle {\frac {J}{mol_{\text{O2}}}}}$

See also

• Respiratory quotient

literature

• Nightingale: Ecophysics: Chatting about life on land, in the water and in the air , 2005
• Eckert: Tierphysiologie , 2002

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eckert: Tierphysiologie , 2002, p. 774