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Quinolinic acid, a Common card
Quinolinic acid, also known as pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid, is a dicarboxylic acid with a pyridine backbone.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,400
Ranked #1,947 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Quinolinic acid quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Quinolinic acid card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is a ______ solid.
Answer
colorless. It is a colorless solid. From the Quinolinic acid article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of most-subscribed YouTube channels. List of most-subscribed YouTube channels 80 · Argumentation theory 77 · Xunzi 73 · Quinolinic acid 70 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Xunzi. Xunzi 57,000 · Argumentation theory 35,000 · Hans Krebs 28,000 · Quinolinic acid 7,400 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 is a colorless solid.
- It is the biosynthetic precursor to niacin.
- Quinolinic acid is a downstream product of the kynurenine pathway, which metabolizes the amino acid tryptophan.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Quinolinic 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 70 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Quinolinic acid
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Quinolinic acid (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jü, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.




