I-D-fucose iyi-monosaccharide, ikakhulukazi ushukela wekhabhoni eyisithupha, eyingxenye yoshukela olula obizwa ngokuthi ama-hexoses.I-isomer ye-glucose, ehlukile ekumisweni kweqembu elilodwa le-hydroxyl.
I-D-fucose ngokwemvelo itholakala ezintweni eziphilayo ezihlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa amagciwane, isikhunta, izitshalo nezilwane.Idlala izindima ezibalulekile ezinqubweni ezimbalwa zebhayoloji, njengokusayina kwamaseli, ukunamathela kwamaseli, kanye nokuhlanganiswa kwe-glycoprotein.Iyingxenye yama-glycolipids, ama-glycoprotein, nama-proteoglycans, abambe iqhaza ekuxhumaneni kwe-cell-to-cell kanye nokuqashelwa.
Kubantu, i-D-fucose iphinde ihileleke ku-biosynthesis yezakhiwo ezibalulekile ze-glycan, njenge-Lewis antigens nama-antigens eqembu legazi, okunomthelela ekusebenzisaneni nokumpontshelwa igazi kanye nokuba sengozini kwezifo.
I-D-fucose ingatholakala emithonjeni ehlukahlukene, kuhlanganise nezimila zasolwandle, izitshalo, kanye nokuvutshelwa kwe-microbial.Isetshenziselwa ucwaningo kanye nezicelo ze-biomedical, kanye nokukhiqizwa kwemithi ethile kanye nezinhlanganisela zokwelapha.