Category:GO:0006719 ! juvenile hormone catabolic process

name: juvenile hormone catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of juvenile hormones, the three sesquiterpenoid derivatives that function to maintain the larval state of insects at molting and that may be required for other processes, e.g. oogenesis." [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198547684]
synonym: "juvenile hormone breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "juvenile hormone catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "juvenile hormone degradation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006716 ! juvenile hormone metabolic process
is_a: GO:0016107 ! sesquiterpenoid catabolic process
is_a: GO:0042447 ! hormone catabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0006719</GOterm>
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