primary alcohol catabolic process
monohydric alcohol catabolic process
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primary alcohol breakdown
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primary alcohol catabolism
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primary alcohol degradation
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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of primary alcohols. A primary alcohol is any alcohol in which a hydroxy group, -OH, is attached to a saturated carbon atom which has either three hydrogen atoms attached to it or only one other carbon atom and two hydrogen atoms attached to it.
GO:0034308
primary alcohol metabolic process
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GO:0046164
alcohol catabolic process
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