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Norsalsolinol, a Common card
Norsalsolinol is a tetrahydroisoquinoline that is produced naturally in the body through the metabolism of dopamine.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 49
- DEF
- 26
- Power
- 75
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,900
Power 75 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It has been shown to be a selective dopaminergic neurotoxin, and has been suggested as a possible cause of neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's disease and the brain damage associated with alcoholism, although evidence for a causal relationship is unclear.
- The related compound-salsolinol, which has been shown to be a product of ethanol metabolism, stereospecifically induces behavioral sensitization and leads to excessive alcohol intake in rats.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Norsalsolinol article was read about 1,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 49 and blocks with 26: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Norsalsolinol
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Norsalsolinol (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : User:Innerstream, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.