Sentences with phrase «fucose sugar»

We discovered in this work that two Mucoromycotina species have novel fucose sugar composition in their cell walls which is not found in other Fungi.

Three enzymes were needed to synthesise SLex: galactosyltransferase to combine a glucose and a galactose sugar ring; sialyltransferase, to attach the sialyl group; and then finally fucosyltransferase to add a fucose sugar ring.

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Emerging work looking at the role of one common sugar in the body, fucose (not to be confused with fructose), suggests that it may play an essential handmaiden role for certain harmful bacteria.

Although the fucose findings are still preliminary, unlocking the role of this sugar in competitions between gut microbiota and pathogens could theoretically give rise to new therapies for treating human illness.

In my practice, we recommend the supplements that are shown to reduce the risk of breast cancer for women: Inositol hexaphosphate (IP6 derived from rice), 1 -3-beta glucan (derived from yeast) and [name witheld at request of producer], which contains the sugar, fucose, which is deficient in breast and prostate cancer patients.