Abstract: Glycopeptides having the following structure are described: ##STR1## wherein: X.sub.1 is hydrogen, an acetyl group, an acyl group or amino acid; R is .alpha.-L-fucose, .alpha.-D-fucose, .beta.-L-fucose or .beta.-D-fucose, wherein R is O-glucosidically linked to A.sub.1 ; A.sub.1 is serine, threonine, tyrosine, hydroxyproline, asparagine, glutamine, homeoserine and hydroxylysine; A.sub.2 is a glycine, an L-amino acid, a D-amino acid or a modified amino acid; A.sub.3 is L or D aspartic acid, glycine or glutamic acid; and X.sub.2 is a hydroxyl, an amine or an amino acid.