fucose

fucose
6-Deoxygalactose; a methylpentose, the l-configuration of which occurs in the mucopolysaccharides of the blood group substances, in human milk (as a polysaccharide), and elsewhere in nature. The d-configuration has been found in certain antibiotics and in certain plant glycosides. SYN: rhodeose.

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fu·cose 'fyü-.kōs, -.kōz n an aldose sugar that occurs in bound form in the dextrorotatory D-form in various glycosides and in the levorotatory, L-form in some brown algae and in mammalian polysaccharides typical of some blood groups

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fu·cose (fuґkōs) a methylpentose structurally derived from galactose (6-deoxygalactose); the L-isomer occurs naturally in various oligo- and polysaccharides (fucosans) and fucosides and in the carbohydrate portion of some mucopolysaccharides and glycoproteins, including the A, B, and O blood group antigens.

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