small molecule catabolic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0044282

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of small molecules, any low molecular weight, monomeric, non-encoded molecule. [ GOC:curators GOC:vw ]

Synonyms: small molecule catabolism

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Small molecules in GO include monosaccharides but exclude disaccharides and polysaccharides.

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2010-01-26T12:06:10Z

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biological_process

GO:0044282

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small molecule metabolic process
catabolic process