Why can’t glucose move across the membrane by simple diffusion but water and oxygen can? Por qué la glucosa no puede moverse a través de la membrana por simple difusión, pero el agua y el oxígeno si?

Although glucose can be more concentrated outside of a cell, it cannot cross the lipid bilayer via simple diffusion because it is both large and polar, and therefore, repelled by the phospholipid membrane.

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