Term Name: small molecule catabolic process
Synonyms: small molecule catabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of small molecules, any low molecular weight, monomeric, non-encoded molecule.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0044282]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: catabolic process small molecule metabolic process
has subtype: alcohol catabolic process dibenzo-p-dioxin catabolic process formaldehyde catabolic process hypochlorous acid catabolic process ketone body catabolic process ketone catabolic process monosaccharide catabolic process nucleobase-containing small molecule catabolic process organic acid catabolic process thiocyanate catabolic process urate catabolic process urea catabolic process vitamin catabolic process