Term Name: xenobiotic catabolic process
Synonyms: drug breakdown, drug catabolic process, drug catabolism, drug degradation, exogenous drug breakdown, exogenous drug catabolic process, exogenous drug catabolism, exogenous drug degradation, xenobiotic breakdown, xenobiotic catabolism, xenobiotic degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a xenobiotic compound, a compound foreign to the organism exposed to it, carried out by individual cells. It may be synthesized by another organism (like ampicilin) or it can be a synthetic chemical.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0042178]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: catabolic process xenobiotic metabolic process
has subtype: 2-aminobenzenesulfonate catabolic process 2-nitropropane catabolic process 3-hydroxyphenylacetate catabolic process 3-phenylpropionate catabolic process 4-nitrophenol catabolic process 6-hydroxycineole catabolic process acrylonitrile catabolic process adamantanone catabolic process anaerobic acetylene catabolic process anaerobic cyclohexane-1-carboxylate catabolic process anthranilate catabolic process arsonoacetate catabolic process biphenyl catabolic process bisphenol A catabolic process caprolactam catabolic process carbazole catabolic process cresol catabolic process dibenzo-p-dioxin catabolic process dibenzofuran catabolic process dibenzothiophene catabolic process exogenous antibiotic catabolic process fluorene catabolic process halogenated hydrocarbon catabolic process insecticide catabolic process methyl ethyl ketone catabolic process methylnaphthalene catabolic process methylquinoline catabolic process nylon catabolic process organosilicon catabolic process phenanthrene catabolic process phenylacetate catabolic process phenylmercury acetate catabolic process phthalate catabolic process propylene catabolic process s-triazine compound catabolic process styrene catabolic process thiocyanate catabolic process toluene catabolic process xylene catabolic process