Antimony toxicity in soils and plants, and mechanisms of its alleviation

CSN Vidya, R Shetty, M Vaculíková… - … and Experimental Botany, 2022 - Elsevier
Antimony (Sb) is a non-essential element for plants, animals, and humans. With increased
anthropogenic inputs from mining and industrial activities, ore processing, vehicle …

Managing Antimony Pollution: insights into soil–plant System Dynamics and Remediation Strategies1

FU Haider, U Zulfiqar, N ul Ain, T Mehmood, U Ali… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Researchers are increasingly concerned about antimony (Sb) in ecosystems and the
environment. Sb primarily enters the environment through anthropogenic (urbanization …

Toxicity of different forms of antimony to rice plants: Photosynthetic electron transfer, gas exchange, photosynthetic efficiency, and carbon assimilation combined with …

YM Zhu, ZF Li, J Shen, KY Wu, PP Zhao, ZH Wu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antimony (Sb) is a toxic metalloid, and excess Sb causes damage to the plant
photosynthetic system. However, the underlying mechanisms of Sb toxicity in the plant …

Toxic effects of antimony in plants: Reasons and remediation possibilities—A review and future prospects

H Tang, G Meng, J Xiang, A Mahmood… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Antimony (Sb) is a dangerous heavy metal (HM) that poses a serious threat to the health of
plants, animals, and humans. Leaching from mining wastes and weathering of sulfide ores …

Biogeochemistry of antimony in soil-plant system: Ecotoxicology and human health

M Shahid, S Khalid, C Dumat, A Pierart, NK Niazi - Applied Geochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Environmental contamination by antimony (Sb), a non-essential and non-beneficial
metalloid, is a great threat to living organisms at a global scale. Owing to its various uses in …

Effect of Thallium(I) on Growth, Nutrient Absorption, Photosynthetic Pigments, and Antioxidant Response of Dittrichia Plants

F Espinosa, A Ortega, FL Espinosa-Vellarino, I Garrido - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dittrichia plants were exposed to thallium (Tl) stress (10, 50, and 100 µM) for 7 days. The Tl
toxicity altered the absorption and accumulation of other nutrients. In both the roots and the …

Toxicity of different forms of antimony to rice plants: Effects on reactive oxidative species production, antioxidative systems, and uptake of essential elements

YM Zhu, QH Wu, HQ Lv, WX Chen, LZ Wang… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Antimonite [Sb (III)] and antimonate [Sb (V)] are known to have different toxicity to
plants, but the corresponding mechanisms are not fully understood. This study was …

Insights into the biogeochemical transformation, environmental impacts and biochar-based soil decontamination of antimony

R Safeer, G Liu, B Yousaf, A Ashraf, MIS Haider… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Every year, a significant amount of antimony (Sb) enters the environment from natural and
anthropogenic sources like mining, smelting, industrial operations, ore processing, vehicle …

Effects of antimony on reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS and RNS) and antioxidant mechanisms in tomato plants

FL Espinosa-Vellarino, I Garrido, A Ortega… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This research studies the effects that Sb toxicity (0.0, 0.5, and 1.0 mM) has on the growth,
reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, and antioxidant systems in tomato plants. Sb is …

Response to Antimony Toxicity in Dittrichia viscosa Plants: ROS, NO, H2S, and the Antioxidant System

FL Espinosa-Vellarino, I Garrido, A Ortega, I Casimiro… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dittrichia viscosa plants were grown hydroponically with different concentrations of Sb.
There was preferential accumulation of Sb in roots. Fe and Cu decreased, while Mn …