GO_term: GO:0042199   

GO:0042199	Definition	The chemical reactions and physical changes involving cyanuric acid, a suspected gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, and a potential degradation product of triazine herbicides, such as atrazine and simazine. It is widely used for the stabilization of available chlorine in swimming pool water and is also the starting compound for the synthesis of many organic derivatives.
		The chemical reactions involving cyanuric acid, a suspected gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, and a potential degradation product of triazine herbicides, such as atrazine and simazine. It is widely used for the stabilization of available chlorine in swimming pool water and is also the starting compound for the synthesis of many organic derivatives.
	Term	cyanuric acid metabolism
	Type	Biological_process
	Child	Instance	GO:0019625
			GO:0042200
	Parent	Instance_of	GO:0018965
	Attributes_of	Index	Ancestor (42)
			Descendent	GO:0019625
				GO:0042199
				GO:0042200

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