Biochemistry 4th Edition by Christopher Mathews,Kensal van Holde, Dean Appling, Spencer Anthony Cahill

Exercise 4

On page 488 we showed that the oxidation of glucose and palmitic acid yields 15.64 kJ/g and 38.90 kJ/g, respectively. Calculate these values in terms of kJ/mol and kJ per carbon atom oxidized for both glucose and palmitic acid.