Term Name:	vitamin catabolic process
Synonyms:	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, carried out by individual cells.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0009111]    QuickGO    AmiGO