alcohol biosynthetic process

id: GO:0046165
name: alcohol biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of alcohols, any of a class of compounds containing one or more hydroxyl groups attached to a saturated carbon atom.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0000947amino acid catabolic process to alcohol via Ehrlich pathway
GO:0016091prenol biosynthetic process
GO:0033520phytol biosynthetic process
GO:0034309primary alcohol biosynthetic process
GO:0034312diol biosynthetic process
GO:0042425choline biosynthetic process
GO:0044108cellular alcohol biosynthetic process
GO:0046173polyol biosynthetic process
GO:0046189phenol-containing compound biosynthetic process
GO:0046295glycolate biosynthetic process
GO:0046364monosaccharide biosynthetic process
GO:0046511sphinganine biosynthetic process
GO:0046512sphingosine biosynthetic process
GO:0071602phytosphingosine biosynthetic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006066alcohol metabolic process
GO:0044283small molecule biosynthetic process