fucose /fu·cose/ (fu´kōs) a monosaccharide occurring as l-fucose in a number of oligo- and polysaccharides and fucosides and in the carbohydrate portion of some mucopolysaccharides and glycoproteins, including the A, B, and O blood group antigens.
fu·cose (fy  k s )n. An aldose present in the polysaccharides associated with some blood groups. |
fucose
a monosaccharide occurring as l-fucose in a number of mucopolysaccharides and mucoproteins.
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