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. 2008 Mar 7;4(3):e1000023. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000023

Table 2. Respiration parameters of intact pear and their 95% confidence interval as determined by Lammertyn et al. [26] (column 3).

Parameters Units Literature Values Computed from Permeation-Reaction-Diffusion Model
Vm,O2,intact (20°C) mol m−3 s−1 (2.13±0.24)×10−4 (2.37±0.27)×10−4
Vm,f,CO2,intact(20°C) mol m−3 s−1 (0.965±0.199)×10−4 (1.64±0.07)×10−4
Ea,VmO2 kJ mol−1 64.6±4.7 67.6±2.5
Ea,VmfCO2 kJ mol−1 58.5±8.9 61.4±2.5
Km,O2 kPa 6.2±0.9 5.3±1.7
Kmn,CO2 kPa 70.7±21.6 92.3±132.5
Km,f,O2 kPa 0.69±0.17 0.86±1.71
rq,ox 0.76±0.03 0.79±0.05

The values computed from the permeation-reaction-diffusion model are listed in column 4. ±denotes 95% confidence limits.