Complex carbohydrates may refer to:
- oligosaccharides, a saccharide polymer containing a small number (typically three to ten) of component sugars (monosaccharides, also known as simple sugars)
- polysaccharides, polymeric carbohydrate structures, formed of repeating units (either mono- or di-saccharides) joined together by glycosidic bonds
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“All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
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