A generalized compound is a mixture of chemical compound

Chemical compound

A chemical compound is a pure chemical substance consisting of two or more different chemical elements that can be separated into simpler substances by chemical reactions. Chemical compounds have a unique and defined chemical structure; they consist of a fixed ratio of atoms that are held together...

s of constant composition, despite possible changes in the total amount. The concept is used in the Dynamic Energy Budget

Dynamic energy budget

The Dynamic Energy Budget theory aims to identify simple quantitative rules for the organization of metabolism of individual organisms that can be understood from basic first principles...

 theory, where biomass

Biomass

Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel....

 is partitioned into a limited set of generalised compounds, which contain a high percentage of organic compound

Organic compound

An organic compound is any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid, or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of carbon-containing compounds such as carbides, carbonates, simple oxides of carbon, and cyanides, as well as the...

s. The amount of generalized compound can be quantified in terms of weight, but more conveniently in terms of C-mole

C-mole

A C-mole of an organic or generalised compound is the number of carbon atoms expressed as multiple of the number of Avogadro. So 1 mole of glucose equals 6 C-moles of glucose...

s.The concept of strong homeostasis

Homeostasis

Homeostasis is the property of a system that regulates its internal environment and tends to maintain a stable, constant condition of properties like temperature or pH...

has an intimate relationship with that of generalised compound.