I-D-fucose yi-monosaccharide, ngokukodwa iswekile yekhabhoni emithandathu, eyeqela leeswekile ezilula ezibizwa ngokuba yi-hexoses.Yi-isomer ye-glucose, eyahlukileyo kwi-configuration yeqela elinye le-hydroxyl.
I-D-fucose ifumaneka ngokwendalo kwizinto ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanya iibhaktheriya, umngundo, izityalo kunye nezilwanyana.Idlala indima ebalulekileyo kwiinkqubo ezininzi zebhayoloji, ezifana nokubonakaliswa kweeseli, ukunamathela kweeseli, kunye ne-glycoprotein synthesis.Iyingxenye ye-glycolipids, i-glycoproteins, kunye ne-proteoglycans, ebandakanyekayo kwi-cell-to-cell communication kunye nokuqaphela.
Kubantu, i-D-fucose iphinda ibandakanyeke kwi-biosynthesis yezakhiwo ezibalulekileyo ze-glycan, ezifana ne-Lewis antigens kunye ne-antigens yeqela legazi, ezineempembelelo ekusebenzisaneni kwegazi kunye nokuchaphazeleka kwezifo.
I-D-fucose inokufumaneka kwimithombo eyahlukeneyo, kubandakanywa ukhula lwaselwandle, izityalo, kunye nokuvutshelwa kwe-microbial.Isetyenziselwa uphando kunye nezicelo ze-biomedical, kunye nokuveliswa kwamachiza athile kunye neekhompawundi zonyango.