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• Equilibrium is the state of stability, in which work done is assumed to be zero.
• As biological system always performs tasks, it is considered to be in inequilibrium.
• In biological system, metabolic reactions always remain on and influx and efflux of metabolites takes place constantly, hence it can be said that living state is a non-equilibrium steady state which is able to perform work.
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