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“The uptake of glucose and galactose was also inhibited by α-and β-methyl glucoside, fucose , and phlorizin, but not by several amino acids, certain sugar analogs, nor ouabain.”
“Interestingly, the blood … trisaccharide containing an L-fucosyl group linked … to galactose was 10-fold poorer as an inhibitor than the parent oligosaccharide (GalNAc alpha 1-3Gal), suggesting steric hindrance to … the alpha-L-fucosyl group; this explains the failure of the lectin to exhibit blood group A specificity.”