carbohydrate catabolic process

Term ID

GO:0016052

Synonyms

• carbohydrate breakdown
• carbohydrate catabolism
• carbohydrate degradation
• catabolic carbohydrate metabolic process
• catabolic carbohydrate metabolism
• multicellular organismal carbohydrate catabolic process
• single-organism carbohydrate catabolic process

Definition

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. 0198506732

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO