The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 15, 561-569,
Copyright © 1932 by The Rockefeller University Press
ON THE RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT OF LUPINUS ALBUS AS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE
Pei-Sung Tang 1
1 From the Laboratory of General Physiology, Harvard University, Cambridge
The temperature characteristics for the oxygen consumption and CO2-production of the germinating seeds of Lupinus albus were previously found to be different. It was predicted qualitatively that the respiratory quotient of the seed should be a function of temperature. A quantitative treatment is presented here, relating the change of the respiratory quotient with temperature and the temperature characteristics. Experimental results agree satisfactorily with the calculated value.
Accepted on March 11, 1932