D-fucose bụ monosaccharide, ọkachasị shuga carbon isii, nke sitere na otu shuga dị mfe a na-akpọ hexoses.Ọ bụ isomer nke glucose, dị iche na nhazi nke otu hydroxyl.
A na-ahụ D-fucose n'ụdị dị iche iche, gụnyere nje bacteria, fungi, osisi na anụmanụ.Ọ na-arụ ọrụ dị mkpa n'ọtụtụ usoro ndu, dị ka akara cell, adhesion cell, na njikọ glycoprotein.Ọ bụ akụkụ nke glycolipids, glycoproteins, na proteoglycans, bụ ndị na-etinye aka na nkwurịta okwu cell na cell na nnabata.
N'ime ụmụ mmadụ, D-fucose na-etinyekwa aka na biosynthesis nke akụkụ glycan dị mkpa, dị ka Lewis antigens na antigens otu ọbara, nke nwere mmetụta na mmịnye ọbara na ndakọrịta nke ọrịa.
Enwere ike nweta D-fucose site na isi mmalite dị iche iche, gụnyere ahihia mmiri, osisi na gbaa ụka microbial.A na-eji ya na nyocha na ngwa biomedical, yana mmepụta nke ụfọdụ ọgwụ na ogige ọgwụgwọ.