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Number of moles of dioxygen required to combust the daily energy requirement (~2,550 calories/day))

Range	~22 moles O2/day
Organism	Human Homo sapiens
Reference	Wagner BA, Venkataraman S, Buettner GR. The rate of oxygen utilization by cells. Free Radic Biol Med. 2011 Aug 1 51(3):700-12. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.05.024 abstract & p.700 right column bottom paragraphPubMed ID21664270
Comments	Abstract: "Humans use oxygen to extract approximately 2550 calories (10.4 MJ) from food to meet daily energy requirements. This combustion requires about 22 mol of dioxygen per day, or 2.5×10^-4 mol/sec." P.700 right column bottom paragraph: "Humans use this oxygen to extract approximately 2550 calories (10.4 MJ for a 70-kg, 20-year-old male [BNID 115147, ref 5]) from food to meet daily energy requirements. This combustion requires approximately 22 mol of dioxygen per day, or 2.5 × 10^−4 mol/sec."
Entered by	Uri M
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