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Glycan vs Fucose - What's the difference?

glycan | fucose |

As nouns the difference between glycan and fucose

is that glycan is (chemistry) any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid while fucose is (carbohydrate) the aldohexose (3s,4r,5r,6s)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol present in several glycans and mucopolysaccharides.

glycan

English

(wikipedia glycan)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid

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    fucose

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia fucose) (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) The aldohexose (3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol present in several glycans and mucopolysaccharides