cyanuric acid metabolic process
id: GO:0042199
name: cyanuric acid metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving cyanuric acid, a suspected gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, and a potential degradation product of triazine herbicides, such as atrazine and simazine. It is widely used for the stabilization of available chlorine in swimming pool water and is also the starting compound for the synthesis of many organic derivatives.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0019625 | atrazine catabolic process to cyanuric acid |
| GO:0042200 | cyanuric acid catabolic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0018965 | s-triazine compound metabolic process |
