id | GO:0019563   Detailed information |
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  name | glycerol catabolic process |
  namespace | biological_process |
  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycerol, 1,2,3-propanetriol, a sweet, hygroscopic, viscous liquid, widely distributed in nature as a constituent of many lipids." [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732] |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  is_a | GO:0006071 ! glycerol metabolic process |
  is_a | GO:0019405 ! alditol catabolic process |