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What is Respiratory Quotient? Mention R.Q. value of proteins.

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It is the ratio of volume of `CO_(2)` evolved to the volume of `O_(2)` consumed to break a molecule of respiratory substrate.
RQ=`("volume of "`CO_(2)` "evolved")/("volume of" `O_(2)` "consumed")`
RQ of protein= 0.9
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