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5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid, a Common card
5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid is the main metabolite of serotonin.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 23
- Power
- 77
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,400
Power 77 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In chemical analysis of urine samples, 5-HIAA is used to determine ______ levels in the body.
Answer
serotonin. In chemical analysis of urine samples, 5-HIAA is used to determine serotonin levels in the body. From the 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid. 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid 54 · Calcium sulfide 51 · Be star 48 · We Believe 44 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The metabolic intermediate 5-hydroxyindoleacetaldehyde is formed from serotonin by monoamine oxidase and then 5-HIAA is formed from 5-HIAL via aldehyde dehydrogenase.
- In chemical analysis of urine samples, 5-HIAA is used to determine serotonin levels in the body.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid article was read about 7,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 23: each hit it takes is cut by 9 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NEUROtiker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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