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Brassinosteroid, a Common card
Brassinosteroids are a class of polyhydroxysteroids that have been recognized as a sixth class of plant hormones and may have utility as anticancer drugs for treating endocrine-responsive cancers by inducing apoptosis of cancer cells and inhibiting cancerous growth.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 109
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,800
Ranked #2,643 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Brassinosteroid quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Brassinosteroid card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
These brassinosteroids were first explored during the ____s when Mitchell et al. reported promotion in stem elongation and cell division by the treatment of organic extracts of rapeseed pollen.
Answer
1970s. These brassinosteroids were first explored during the 1970s when Mitchell et al. reported promotion in stem elongation and cell division by the treatment of organic extracts of rapeseed pollen. From the Brassinosteroid article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Brassinosteroid. Brassinosteroid 63 · Pale-edged stingray 60 · Orinoco goose 57 · São Nicolau, Cape Verde 51 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Orinoco goose. Orinoco goose 9,300 · Blennioidei 7,300 · Brassinosteroid 5,800 · Wenatchee Mountains 2,700 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.
- These brassinosteroids were first explored during the 1970s when Mitchell et al. reported promotion in stem elongation and cell division by the treatment of organic extracts of rapeseed pollen.
- Brassinolide was the first brassinosteroid to be isolated in 1979, when pollen from Brassica napus was shown to promote stem elongation and cell divisions, and the biologically active molecule was isolated.
- The yield of brassinosteroids from 230 kg of Brassica napus pollen was only 10 mg.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Brassinosteroid article was read about 5,800 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Brassinosteroid
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Brassinosteroid (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wostr ( talk ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
