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Alrestatin, a Common card
Alrestatin is an inhibitor of aldose reductase, an enzyme involved in the pathogenesis of complications of diabetes mellitus, including diabetic neuropathy.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 40
- DEF
- 25
- Power
- 65
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 490
Power 65 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Alrestatin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alrestatin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is structurally related to tolrestat, another ARI that was briefly marketed before being ______ in 1997.
Answer
withdrawn. It is structurally related to tolrestat, another ARI that was briefly marketed before being withdrawn in 1997. From the Alrestatin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hiroshi Nishihara. Hiroshi Nishihara 51 · Tirugaṇita-pañcāṅgam 47 · Glycitin 43 · Alrestatin 40 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Alrestat was first synthesized in 1969 and was the first aldose reductase inhibitor with oral bioavailability to undergo clinical trials, in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- Low-quality trials and a high incidence of adverse effects led to termination of its development, and it was never in clinical use.
- It is structurally related to tolrestat, another ARI that was briefly marketed before being withdrawn in 1997.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alrestatin article was read about 490 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 40 and blocks with 25: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Alrestatin
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alrestatin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Fvasconcellos ( talk · contribs ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
