glycerol catabolic process
glycerol breakdown
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glycerol catabolism
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glycerol degradation
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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycerol, 1,2,3-propanetriol, a sweet, hygroscopic, viscous liquid, widely distributed in nature as a constituent of many lipids.
GO:0006071
glycerol metabolic process
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GO:0019405
alditol catabolic process
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SPAC22A12.11 SPCC24B10.21 SPCC1223.03c SPAC977.16c SPAC13F5.03c