| Term Name: |
primary alcohol catabolic process |
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- monohydric alcohol catabolic process
- primary alcohol breakdown
- primary alcohol catabolism
- primary alcohol degradation
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| Definition: |
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of primary alcohols. A primary alcohol is any alcohol in which a hydroxy group, -OH, is attached to a saturated carbon atom which has either three hydrogen atoms attached to it or only one other carbon atom and two hydrogen atoms attached to it.
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