Term Name: vitamin metabolic process
Synonyms: vitamin metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving vitamins. Vitamin is a general term for a number of unrelated organic substances that occur in many foods in small amounts and that are necessary in trace amounts for the normal metabolic functioning of the body. Vitamins may be water-soluble or fat-soluble and usually serve as components of coenzyme systems.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006766]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: small molecule metabolic process
has subtype: fat-soluble vitamin metabolic process vitamin biosynthetic process vitamin catabolic process water-soluble vitamin metabolic process
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of vitamin metabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of vitamin metabolic process
regulated by: regulation of vitamin metabolic process