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. 2021 Sep 29;10:e83. doi: 10.1017/jns.2021.78

Table 4.

Thermodynamic properties of the nutrients and the products of the metabolism at 1 atm (adapted from Kuddusi)(19)

Chemical Enthalpies and entropies of the nutrients, O2, CO2 and H2O at 1 atm
Inline graphic(kJ/kmol) s at (298 K) (kJ/kmol K) Inline graphic (kJ/kmol) s at (310 K) (kJ/kmol K)
C6H12O6 (glucose) −1260 × 103 212
C16H32O2 (palmitic acid) −835 × 103 452
C4⋅57H9⋅03N1⋅27O2⋅25S0.046 (average of the 20 amino acids) −385 × 103 1.401 × 119
O2 8682 218 220
H2O 10 302 219
CO2, 9807 243