An alpha-L-fucopyranosyl-myl-inositol in normal human urine.

An α-$\text{L}$-fucopyranosyl-$\text{myo}$-inositol has been isolated from normal urine of ABH-secretors. The compound was also present in small amounts in the urine of ABH-non-secretors. After ingestion of 20 g of $\text{myo}$-inositol, two secretors increased their excretion of α-$\text{L}$-fucopyranosyl-$\text{myo}$-inositol three and thirteen times respectively. The same $\text{myo}$-inositol diet did not give rise to any increased excretion of α-$\text{L}$-fucopyranosyl-$\text{myo}$-inositol in the urine of two non-secretors.