TABLE 1.

Difference between H^o and G^o for the oxidative metabolism of common metabolites at 25°C.

Metabolite	ΔHo (kJ/mol)	ΔGo (kJ/mol)	Percentage
Acetic acid	−874.54	−874.30	0.03
Glucose	−2803.03	−2881.26	–2.79
Ethanol	−1366.83	−1325.32	3.04
Glycerol	−1655.40	−1654.46	0.06
Sucrose	−5640.87	−5784.20	–2.54
Palmitic acid	−9977.83	−9789.70	1.89

Data selected from Table 6 of Battley (2002). The right-most column expresses the percentage difference between the enthalpy and Gibbs free energy for selected metabolites at 298.15 K.