ʻO D-fucose kahi monosaccharide, ʻo ia hoʻi he kōpaʻa kalapona ʻeono, no ka hui o nā kō maʻalahi i kapa ʻia hexoses.He isomer o ka glucose, ʻokoʻa i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o hoʻokahi pūʻulu hydroxyl.
Loaʻa maoli ʻia ka D-fucose i nā mea ola like ʻole, me ka bacteria, fungi, nā mea kanu, a me nā holoholona.He kuleana koʻikoʻi ia i nā kaʻina hana olaola, e like me ka hōʻailona cell, cell adhesion, a me ka glycoprotein synthesis.He ʻāpana ia o nā glycolipids, glycoproteins, a me nā proteoglycans, e pili ana i ka kamaʻilio cell-to-cell a me ka ʻike.
I loko o ke kanaka, ua komo pū ʻo D-fucose i ka biosynthesis o nā hale glycan koʻikoʻi, e like me nā antigens Lewis a me nā antigens hui koko, i loaʻa nā hopena i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ke koko a me ka maʻi maʻi.
Hiki ke loaʻa ka D-fucose mai nā kumu like ʻole, me ka limu, nā mea kanu, a me ka fermentation microbial.Hoʻohana ʻia ia i ka noiʻi a me nā noi biomedical, a me ka hana ʻana i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā pūhui therapeutic.