ommochrome biosynthetic process
kynurenine pathway
broad
ommochrome anabolism
exact
ommochrome biosynthesis
exact
ommochrome formation
exact
ommochrome synthesis
exact
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation 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:0006726
eye pigment biosynthetic process
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GO:0008055
ocellus pigment biosynthetic process
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GO:0046152
ommochrome metabolic process
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