How do lipids affect the cell membrane?

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Harsh
Nov 22, 2015

Lipids are an important component to our cell membrane , as we know there is presence of Lipid Bilayer in the cell membrane , which makes it impermeable to water.
So , water soluble substances will face difficulty in crossing the cell membrane , however it is permeable to hydrophobic substances.

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