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Plasma constitutes about 20% of the extracellular fluid and is a structural part of blood. It is a yellow colored clear fluid which contains 90% water and rest 10% are a wide variety of dissolved materials.
Molecules dissolve in any solution or water based on their polarity. As 90% of plasma is water, the molecules that have polarity will easily dissolve in plasma.
Biomolecules of protein and carbohydrate can be easily dissolved in plasma. Even though lipids and
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