. "\"The chemical reactions and pathways involving L-fucose, 6-deoxy-L-galactose, a sugar that occurs in fucans, a class of polysaccharides in seaweeds, especially Fucus species, and in the cell wall matrix of higher plants.\" [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732]" . . "L-fucose metabolic process" . "L-fucose metabolism" . .