Complex carbohydrates
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Complex carbohydrates may refer to:
- oligosaccharideOligosaccharideAn oligosaccharide is a saccharide polymer containing a small number of component sugars, also known as simple sugars...
s, a saccharide polymer containing a small number (typically three to ten) of component sugars (monosaccharides, also known as simple sugars) - polysaccharidePolysaccharidePolysaccharides are long carbohydrate molecules, of repeated monomer units joined together by glycosidic bonds. They range in structure from linear to highly branched. Polysaccharides are often quite heterogeneous, containing slight modifications of the repeating unit. Depending on the structure,...
s, polymeric carbohydrate structures, formed of repeating units (either mono- or di-saccharides) joined together by glycosidic bonds