Organic Chemical
fucose
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Definitions related to fucose:
  • A hexose whose structure can be derived from galactose replacing the -OH group on carbon 6 with a hydrogen.
    CRCH Nutrition Terminology
    Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 2021
  • A six-member ring deoxysugar with the chemical formula C6H12O5. It lacks a hydroxyl group on the carbon at position 6 of the molecule.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Methylpentose structurally derived from galactose; the L isomer occurs naturally in various oligosaccharides and polysaccharides and fucosides and in the carbohydrate portion of some mucopolysaccharides and glycoproteins, including the A, B, and O blood group antigens.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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