Term Name: hormone catabolic process
Synonyms: hormone breakdown, hormone catabolism, hormone degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any hormone, naturally occurring substances secreted by specialized cells that affects the metabolism or behavior of other cells possessing functional receptors for the hormone.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0042447]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: catabolic process hormone metabolic process
has subtype: androgen catabolic process auxin catabolic process brassinosteroid catabolic process C21-steroid hormone catabolic process calcitonin catabolic process cytokinin catabolic process ecdysteroid catabolic process estrogen catabolic process juvenile hormone catabolic process melatonin catabolic process mineralocorticoid catabolic process pheromone catabolic process thyroid hormone catabolic process