id | GO:0019400   Detailed information
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  name | alditol metabolic process
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  namespace | biological_process
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  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving alditols, any polyhydric alcohol derived from the acyclic form of a monosaccharide by reduction of its aldehyde or keto group to an alcoholic group." [ISBN:0198506732]
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  is_a | GO:0019751 ! polyol metabolic process
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  is_a | GO:0044262 ! cellular carbohydrate metabolic process
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