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Uncommon card · Science
Artemisinin, an Uncommon card
Artemisinin and its semisynthetic derivatives are a group of drugs used in the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 87
- Power
- 165
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 83,000
Power 165 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Artemisinin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Artemisinin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Artemisinin can be extracted from the herb Artemisia annua, which is used in ______ Chinese medicine.
Answer
traditional. Artemisinin can be extracted from the herb Artemisia annua, which is used in traditional Chinese medicine. From the Artemisinin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Japanese art. Japanese art 87 · Southern Cone 82 · Artemisinin 78 · Chromesthesia 72 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
CMOS. CMOS 160,000 · Artemisinin 83,000 · Geomorphology 58,000 · Su Song 19,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- It was discovered in 1972 by Tu Youyou, who shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her discovery.
- Artemisinin-based combination therapies have become standard treatment worldwide for P. falciparum malaria as well as malaria due to other species of Plasmodium.
- Artemisinin can be extracted from the herb Artemisia annua, which is used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Artemisinin article was read about 83,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 87: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Artemisinin
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- Chicken soupUncommon · Society · ATK 74 DEF 91
- Cinque PortsUncommon · Society · ATK 74 DEF 91
- Michiel de RuyterUncommon · History · ATK 76 DEF 89
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Artemisinin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Fvasconcellos 23:05, 12 April 2007 (UTC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
