diol catabolic process

id: GO:0034313
name: diol catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a diol, any alcohol containing two hydroxyl groups attached to saturated carbon atoms.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0019614catechol-containing compound catabolic process
GO:0034078butanediol catabolic process
GO:0042209orcinol catabolic process
GO:0042846glycol catabolic process
GO:0051144propanediol catabolic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0034311diol metabolic process
GO:0046164alcohol catabolic process