Term Name: ommochrome metabolic process
Synonyms: ommochrome metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving ommochromes, any of a large group of natural polycyclic pigments commonly found in the Arthropoda, particularly in the ommatidia of the compound eye.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0046152]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: eye pigment metabolic process ocellus pigment metabolic process
has subtype: ommochrome biosynthetic process ommochrome catabolic process