FUCOSE


Meaning of FUCOSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfyü-ˌkōs, -ˌkōz ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary fuc- (from Latin fucus ) + -ose

Date: circa 1909

: an aldose sugar that occurs in bound form in the dextrorotatory form in various glycosides and in the levorotatory form in some brown algae and in mammalian polysaccharides typical of some blood groups

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