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GO: Biological Process

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.
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Phenotype
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