Term Name: fructose catabolic process
Synonyms: fructose breakdown, fructose catabolism, fructose degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of fructose, the ketohexose arabino-2-hexulose.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006001]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: fructose metabolic process hexose catabolic process
has subtype: fructose catabolic process to hydroxyacetone phosphate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate glycolytic process from fructose through fructose-6-phosphate glycolytic process through fructose-1-phosphate