carbohydrate catabolic process

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Namecarbohydrate catabolic process
IDGO_0016052
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Biological process

Alternative ID

GO:0006095, GO:0044276, GO:0044724

Exact synonym

carbohydrate breakdown, carbohydrate catabolism, carbohydrate degradation, catabolic carbohydrate metabolic process, catabolic carbohydrate metabolism

Description

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carbohydrates, any of a group of organic compounds based of the general formula Cx(H2O)y.

Related synonym

single-organism carbohydrate catabolic process

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