Fucose

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CSP: 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.,NCI: A hexose whose structure can be derived from galactose replacing the -OH group on carbon 6 with a hydrogen.

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