Category:GO:0016130 ! phytosteroid catabolic process

name: phytosteroid catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of phytosteroids, steroids that differ from animal steroids in having substitutions at C24 and/or a double bond at C22. Phytosteroids are so named because they occur in higher plants; some, notably ergosterol, are also found in fungi." [GOC:go_curators, GOC:mah]
synonym: "phytosteroid breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "phytosteroid catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "phytosteroid degradation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006706 ! steroid catabolic process
is_a: GO:0016128 ! phytosteroid metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0016130</GOterm>
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