phthalate catabolic process

id: GO:0046239
name: phthalate catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of phthalate, the anion of phthalic acid.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0018963phthalate metabolic process
GO:0019439aromatic compound catabolic process
GO:0042178xenobiotic catabolic process
GO:0043649dicarboxylic acid catabolic process