Term Information

Accession
GO:0019405
Name
alditol catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
alditol breakdown, alditol catabolism, alditol degradation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of alditols, any polyhydric alcohol derived from the acyclic form of a monosaccharide by reduction of its aldehyde or keto group to an alcoholic group. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0019405 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of alditol catabolic process (GO:0019405)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
alditol catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  alditol metabolic process (GO:0019400)
alditol catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  polyol catabolic process (GO:0046174)
alditol catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  carbohydrate catabolic process (GO:0016052)
Children of alditol catabolic process (GO:0019405)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
pentitol catabolic process (GO:0019527) [is_a relation] is_a  alditol catabolic process
glycerol catabolic process (GO:0019563) [is_a relation] is_a  alditol catabolic process
hexitol catabolic process (GO:0019407) [is_a relation] is_a  alditol catabolic process
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