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GO: Biological Process
vitamin catabolic process
- Term ID
- GO:0009111
- Synonyms
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- vitamin breakdown
- vitamin catabolism
- vitamin degradation
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a vitamin, one of 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.
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- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
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Phenotype
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