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lhom@nature.berkeley.edu (Louis Hom) wrote:

>So we all learn that ethanol is freely permeable in biological tissues,
>distributing itself everywhere.  My question is, does solubility in ethanol
>correlate with that same permeability?  If I have a compound that is
>soluble in ethanol, does this indicate that it will probably distribute
>itself freely in tissues as well? 
>-- 
The simple answer is "NO" but to elaborate a little bit, consider how
EtOH spreads throughout the tissue in question. Then consider how
another molecule, say, a protein (bigger, charges on its surface,
other major differences), could be distributed.

Jim Scripko