The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a xenobiotic compound, a compound foreign to the organim exposed to it. It may be synthesized by another organism (like ampicilin) or it can be a synthetic chemical. [ GOC : krc GOC : jl ]
xenobiotic catabolism
xenobiotic breakdown
xenobiotic degradation
Term information
prokaryote_subset
- GO:0042737
- GO:0042738
- biological_process
- drug catabolism
- exogenous drug catabolic process
- drug degradation
- drug catabolic process
- drug breakdown
- exogenous drug breakdown
- exogenous drug degradation
- exogenous drug catabolism
- GO:0042178
- https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/19460