D-fucose ndi monosaccharide, makamaka shuga wa carbon 6, womwe uli m'gulu la mashuga osavuta otchedwa hexoses.Ndi isomer ya glucose, yosiyana ndi kasinthidwe ka gulu limodzi la hydroxyl.
D-fucose imapezeka mwachilengedwe m'zamoyo zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo mabakiteriya, bowa, zomera, ndi zinyama.Imagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri pazachilengedwe zingapo, monga kusanja ma cell, kumatira kwa cell, ndi kaphatikizidwe ka glycoprotein.Ndi gawo la glycolipids, glycoproteins, ndi proteoglycans, zomwe zimakhudzidwa ndi kulumikizana ndi ma cell ndi kuzindikira.
Mwa anthu, D-fucose imakhudzidwanso ndi biosynthesis yamagulu ofunikira a glycan, monga ma antigen a Lewis ndi ma antigen a gulu la magazi, omwe amakhudzanso kuphatikizika kwa magazi komanso kutengeka ndi matenda.
D-fucose ikhoza kupezeka kuchokera kuzinthu zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo udzu wa m'nyanja, zomera, ndi kuwira kwa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda.Amagwiritsidwa ntchito pofufuza ndi zamankhwala, komanso kupanga mankhwala enaake ndi mankhwala opangira mankhwala.