cholesterol catabolic process

id: GO:0006707
name: cholesterol catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3 beta-ol, the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0008203cholesterol metabolic process
GO:0016127sterol catabolic process