alditol catabolic process

id: GO:0019405
name: alditol catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of alditols, any polyhydric alcohol derived from the acyclic form of a monosaccharide by reduction of its aldehyde or keto group to an alcoholic group.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0019407hexitol catabolic process
GO:0019527pentitol catabolic process
GO:0019563glycerol catabolic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0019400alditol metabolic process
GO:0044275cellular carbohydrate catabolic process
GO:0046174polyol catabolic process