A doctor is trying to determine how best to move a drug from the blood and into a target cell. Which of the following drug designs would most likely result in the drug being able to pass through the plasma membrane of its target cell without help? Large and charged Large and polar Large and hydrophilic Small and hydrophobic Small and hydrophilic
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