In the case of the research area near the A4 motorway, the highest concentration of antimony was found in the soil sample number A07 and it was 9.98 mg kg −1 Sb, but the mean concentration of antimony in this area was below 10 mg kg −1, average 3.88 mg kg −1 (Table 4). This is the lowest content compared to other research …
Antimony concentrations of woody plant leaves ranged between 0.03 and 0.07mgkg−1 on soil that contained between 4.5 and 37.7mgkg−1 Sb, which corre-
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Antimony at moderate and high concentrations has been related to unfavorable plant effects such as growth retardation, decreased biomass and photosynthesis, ROS production, and lipid peroxidation ...
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 …
Selenium (Se) has been used to counteract the stress of various metals (metaloids) in plants. However, the underlying mechanisms and comparative effects of different Se application methods on reducing toxicity and accumulation of metals have not been fully investigated. Antimony (Sb) is a toxic metalloid that seriously threatens to the …
Environmental context. Soil contamination by antimony (Sb) has become an environmental problem of much concern in recent years, because increasing mining and industrial use has led to widespread soil contamination by this biologically unessential, but potentially carcinogenic element. We reviewed the available literature and found that Sb …
Aims Antimony (Sb)-oxidizing bacteria play an important role in Sb biogeochemical cycle in soil, but the benefits of microbial oxidation for plants have not been well documented. The aim of this study was to explore the contribution of Sb(III)-oxidizing bacteria to alleviate the Sb toxicity in plants. Methods The plant growth-promoting …
At the same time, jet operators were dyeing the raw textiles approximately 20 m away from the finishing plant. The concentrations of antimony in personal air and the urine samples collected from workers were significantly higher among the finishing and intermediate inspection operators than among the jet operators (P < 0.05) (Cavallo et al ...
Soil contamination by antimony (Sb) has become an environmental problem of much concern in recent years, because increasing mining and industrial use has led to widespread soil …
Antimony concentrations of woody plant leaves ranged between 0.03 and 0.07 mg kg−1 on soil that contained between 4.5 and 37.7 mg kg−1 Sb, which corresponds to bioaccumulation coefficients of less than 0.03. Similar bioaccumuation rates were also obtained by Leduc and Gardou, who analysed plants growing on Sb-rich ore deposits …
Exposure to antimony concentrations of 9 mg/m 3 of air will result in eye, skin, and lung irritation. Long-term exposure to antimony in smelting plants may result in the formation of antimoniosis, a particular form of pneumoconiosis. Chronic exposure will potentiate lung, heart, and gastrointestinal diseases.
Excess antimony (Sb) has been shown to damage plant growth, rice plants readily absorb a large amount of Sb after a long period of flooding, yet the mechanisms underlying Sb toxicity in plants have not been solved. ... Total protein concentration is the total N concentration in plants (Bjarnadóttir et al., 2018). …
Environmental context Antimony enters the soil mostly through mining and shooting activities and can thereafter be taken up by plants. In the soil, antimony may undergo several transformations such as biomethylation, leading to the formation of trimethylantimony. Here, we measured for the first time the uptake and translocation of …
The concentration of antimony in water bodies is closely related to mining activities, and the oxidation, weathering, leaching, and permeation of waste rocks and tailings containing antimony may lead to an increase in antimony concentration in groundwater (Qiao et al., 2023, Wen et al., 2023). Figure S2 illustrates the pathways and …
The concentration of antimony in air ranges from a nanogram per cubic meter (ng/m 3) to about 170 ng/m 3. The concentration of antimony that is found dissolved in rivers and lakes is usually less than 5 parts of antimony in 1 billion parts of water (ppb) and it is found attached to particles of dirt.
The co-occurrence networks were loosely connected in surface soil, but obviously recovered and were well-connected in deep soil. The metagenomic results indicated that microbial metabolic potential also changed with soil depth. Genes encoding C metabolism pathways were negatively correlated with antimony and arsenic …
Antimony is classified as a critical/strategic metal. Its primary production is predominated by China via pyrometallurgical routes such as volatilization roasting—reduction smelting or direct reduction …
Antimony is a non-renewable strategic mineral resource and an indispensable and important raw material for modern industrial development. With the high-intensity resource mining in recent years, the consumption of antimony resources is too large. Antimony beneficiation methods are important to improve the recovery rate of …
Antimony (Sb) is a toxic element for both human and plants, but the toxic responses of plants to different forms of antimony and the associated mechanisms are unknown. This study was carried out to investigate the effects of different forms of Sb [Sb(III) and Sb(V)] on the root exudates, root endoge …
Environmental context Phytoremediation requires an understanding of bioconcentration and translocation processes that determine behaviour and fate of potentially toxic elements. We studied the distribution of antimony and arsenic in terrestrial and aquatic soil-plant systems in an antimony ore zone. We found that the common …
Purpose: The objectives of the research were to study how antimony (Sb) chemical form present in the growth medium can affect Sb uptake by plants and estimate effects of Sb on wheat and rye seedlings, in particular, assess variations in concentrations of nutrients resulting from bioaccumulation of Sb. Methods: Seedlings were (1) germinated in media …
Some plant species, notably Achillea ageratum, Plantago lanceolata, and Silene vulgaris, accumulate antimony readily . For example, according to the results of the aforementioned research, plant concentration can exceed 440 ppm, depending on the plant species and the uptake mechanism.
Six plants with two secondary leaves were transferred into flowerpots filled with contaminated soil. For each soil, antimony compound and concentration two replicates were made. The plants were placed in a climate chamber, simulating the conditions of early summer with T=14–22°C, light=10 h, 2140–15 600 Lux and relative …
Sb concentration in vegetative tissues. Result of Sb concentrations in different plant organs in all three Sb treatments showed that Sb concentrations in roots were somewhat higher (P < 0.05) than ...
For instance, Hansen et al. 13 inoculated Bacillus simplex into winter wheat plants, which significantly increased the nutrients of plant, such as P concentration in root biomass and ...
Antimony has an estimated average abundance of 0.2 mg kg −1 in the earth's crust (Smith & Huyck 1999) and background concentrations of <0.3–8.4 mg kg −1 in …
It seems that the major conclusion should be that foliar antimony concentrations in plants growing in antimony-enriched soils are extremely variable, even within the same site. The major part of this variation (>80 %) is explained by plant taxonomic origin, particularly at the family level, rather than variation in soil antimony (<20 %). ...
The addition of Sb(III) significantly increased the concentration of oxalic acid but decreased the concentrations of formic, acetic and maleic acids. Sb(V) also enhanced the oxalic acid concentration at 20 mg L −1 Sb(V) treatment level but reduced the concentrations of formic and acetic acids. Different forms of Sb dose-dependently …
Table 1 shows concentrations of macro- and trace elements in different parts of thirteen-day-old seedlings grown for six days in Sb-enriched water. The concentration of Sb increased significantly in all plant parts, especially in the roots and seeds. The Sb accumulation in the plants depended on the Sb concentration in the growth media.
It is important to understand the fate of Hg and Sb within the wastewater treatment process so as to examine potential treatment options and to ensure compliance with regulatory standards. The fate of Hg and Sb was investigated for an activated sludge process treatment works in the UK. Relatively high crude values (Hg 0.092 μg/L, Sb 1.73 …
Antimony uptake varies widely among plant species, growing sites, and underlying substrate conditions (Table 1). Most commonly, the highest plant Sb …
The final factor involves variations in the concentrations of coexisting ions in soils, such as phosphorus (P) and calcium (Ca) (Fig. 1).The addition of phosphate amendments was observed to effectively mobilise Sb in Sb-contaminated soils (Spuller et al., 2007), and P may facilitate plant uptake of Sb via competitive adsorption to soil …
Accumulation of antimony. Antimony concentrations in the fronds and roots of all plants increased with Sb addition, with more Sb accumulated in the roots than in the fronds (Fig. 1).At the high rate of Sb addition, the average Sb concentration in the roots was the highest in fern PCA, at 358 mg kg −1, followed by 224 mg kg −1 in fern CYF, …
Plant and soil samples were collected from 18 subplots; of these, mature leaves and fresh leaf litter were sampled. ... (Olsen-P) contents were measured by the molybdenum-antimony anti-colorimetric method (Olsen and Sommers, 1982). Soil dissolved organic C (DOC) and total dissolved N (TDN) concentrations were extracted …
may be taken up by plants and animals. The concentration of antimony in air ranges from a very small part of a nanogram (1 nanogram equals a billionth of a gram) in a cubic meter (m³) of air (ng/m³) to about 170 ng/m³. However, near companies that change antimony ores into metal or make antimony oxide, concentrations may be more than 1,000 ...