Term Name: negative regulation of vitamin metabolic process
Synonyms: down regulation of vitamin metabolic process, down-regulation of vitamin metabolic process, downregulation of vitamin metabolic process, inhibition of vitamin metabolic process, negative regulation of vitamin metabolism
Definition: Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways involving 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.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0046137]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: biological regulation negative regulation of small molecule metabolic process regulation of vitamin metabolic process
has subtype: negative regulation of cobalamin metabolic process negative regulation of L-ascorbic acid biosynthetic process negative regulation of retinoic acid biosynthetic process negative regulation of thiamine biosynthetic process negative regulation of thiamine diphosphate biosynthetic process negative regulation of vitamin D biosynthetic process
negatively regulates: vitamin metabolic process