phytosteroid catabolic process
phytosteroid breakdown
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phytosteroid catabolism
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phytosteroid degradation
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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.
GO:0006706
steroid catabolic process
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