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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a drug, a substance used in the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of a disease. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a drug that has originated internally within the cell or organism. The chemical reactions and pathways involving a drug, a substance used in the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of a disease; as used here antibiotic substances (see antibiotic metabolism) are considered to be drugs, even if not used in medical or veterinary practice. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a drug that has originated externally to the cell or organism. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cocaine, an alkaloid obtained from the dried leaves of the shrub Erythroxylon coca. It is a cerebral stimulant and narcotic. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of substances, including the breakdown of carbon compounds with the liberation of energy for use by the cell or organism. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of substances, carried out by individual cells. The chemical reactions and pathways by which individual cells transform chemical substances.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: drug catabolic process
Acc: GO:0042737
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a drug, a substance used in the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of a disease.
Synonyms:
  • drug catabolism
  • drug degradation
  • drug breakdown
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 9 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 20 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0042737 - drug catabolic process (interactive image map)
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