ommochrome catabolic process
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ommochromes, any of a large group of natural polycyclic pigments commonly found in the Arthropoda, particularly in the ommatidia of the compound eye.
GO:0009056
catabolic process
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GO:0046151
eye pigment catabolic process
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GO:0046152
ommochrome metabolic process
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GO:0046159
ocellus pigment catabolic process
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ommochrome breakdown
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ommochrome catabolism
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ommochrome degradation
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