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

idname
GO:0019625atrazine catabolic process to cyanuric acid
GO:0042200cyanuric acid catabolic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0018965s-triazine compound metabolic process