Cholesterol is repelled by water and can be found between the layers of the phospholipids in the plasma membrane. What can be concluded from this information?

Question 14 options:

A high cholesterol diet should be avoided.

Cholesterol is nonpolar.

Cholesterol is polar.

Cholesterol is repelled by the polar tails.

The correct answer is cholesterol is nonpolar.

Explanation:

Cholesterol is a complex lipid is synthesized from acetyl CoA. cholesterol is an important constituent of plasma membrane.

Cholesterol is non polar in nature. As a result cholesterol is repelled by water and can be found between the layers of the phospholipid in the plasma membrane.

As cholesterol is non polar it is also hydrophobic in nature.