vitamin catabolic process

Term ID

GO:0009111

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.

References

Ontology

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