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Term Information

Accession
GO:0018879
Name
biphenyl metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
biphenyl metabolism, xenene metabolic process, xenene metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving biphenyl, a toxic aromatic hydrocarbon used as a heat transfer agent, as a fungistat in packaging citrus fruits and in plant disease control. Biphenyl can be chlorinated with 1-10 chlorine molecules to form polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Source: GOC:jl
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0018879 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of biphenyl metabolic process (GO:0018879)
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biphenyl metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  benzene-containing compound metabolic process (GO:0042537)
Children of biphenyl metabolic process (GO:0018879)
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biphenyl catabolic process (GO:0070980) [is_a relation] is_a  biphenyl metabolic process
UM-BBD_pathwayID
bph