monohydric alcohol metabolic process (synonym, en)
primary alcohol metabolism (synonym, en)
Type
process
URI (1)
http://purl.org/obo/owl/GO#GO_0034308
Definition (1)
The chemical reactions and pathways involving 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.