Fucitol

Fucitol, also known as  L -fucitol, 6-deoxy- L -galactitol, and (2R,3S,4R,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentaol, is a sugar alcohol derived from the North Atlantic seaweed Fucus vesiculosis.

A 1997 article in the Journal of Biochemistry concerns a kinase enzyme which acts on fucose, which the authors abbreviated as "fuc-K".

