Bioavailability and toxicity of antimony ScienceDirect

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

Distribution speciation and availability of antimony Sb in

Antimony is not essential for plants but can be readily absorbed by plant roots when it occurs in soluble form Baroni et al 2000 Background Sb levels in terrestrial vascular plants range from to 50 μg kg −1 in plant tissue Bowen 1979 However in mining areas substantially higher Sb concentrations up to 1600 mg kg −1 have been found in vegetation

Antimony and Plants Request PDF ResearchGate

The absorbing ability of antimony is different among plant species Shtangeeva et al 2012 Antimony existing in the form of solutions in soils can be easily absorbed by plants which would

Improving plant adaptation to soil antimony contamination

Antimony Sb is a naturally occurring trace metalloid in the environment where its concentration in soils sedimentary rocks and aquatic environments ranges about mg kg −1 2 mg kg −1 and 1 µg mL −1 respectively [1 2] More recent attention has focused on environmental contamination by increasing concentration of Sb due to its extensive release

Uptake and Transformation of Methylated and

For most plants the concentration of antimony in tissues followed root > leaf > stem [76] Pteris vittata enrichment order was root > leaf > stem while antimony in the Miscanthus floridulus

Mitigating Antimony Toxicity in Rice Oryza Sativa L

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 health of plants

Arsenic and Antimony Content in Soil and Plants from

Regarding antimony in Ferneziu area the concentration ranged between and mg kg −1; while in Săsar antimony soils concentrations vary in the range Arsenic and antimony concentrations in plants were low for almost of the samples both in Ferneziu and S ăsar area indicating a low mobility of these elements in the studied

Antimony induced structural and ultrastructural changes in

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 < than

Antimony pollution in China ScienceDirect

Although levels of 5 10 mg kg − 1 of Sb in plant tissue have been reported as phytotoxic Kabata Pendias and Pendias 1985 Eikmann and Kloke 1993 suggested that 5 mg kg − 1 Sb in plants is a tolerable concentration Many of the Sb values from the plants in China exceeded the tolerance concentration indicating that these plants or

Effects of antimony on the soil enzymes microbial and

absorb antimony and can accumulate a large amount of trivalent and pentavalent antimony [12] In another study researchers tested 34 plants and found that antimony concentrations ranged from to mg∙kg−1 These researchers found that plants in the Sargassaceae family had the highest antimony content

Phytoavailability and Plant Uptake of Antimony

Summary VI concentrations The concentration values at which growth was reduced by half as determined by means of dose response curves were higher for the Sb V than for the Sb III treatment when they were related to soluble soil Sb concentrations but not when related to shoot Sb

Toxicity of antimony to plants Effects on metabolism of N

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 can be caculated based on the total N concentration in plants Bjarnadóttir et al 2018

Improving plant adaptation to soil antimony contamination

Antimony Sb is a naturally occurring trace metalloid in the environment where its concentration in soils sedimentary rocks and aquatic environments ranges about mg kg −1 2 mg kg −1 and 1 µg mL −1 respectively [1 2] More recent attention has focused on environmental contamination by increasing concentration of Sb due to its extensive release

Antimony in the soil water plant system at the Su Suergiu

Antimony in the soil horizons ranged from 19 to 4400 mg kg − 1 with highest concentrations in soils located close to the mining related wastes and concentrations in the topsoil much higher than in the Sb readily available fraction was about 2% of the total Sb in the soil Antimony in the pore water ranged from 23 to 1700 μg L − 1 with highest

Influence of iron plaque and cultivars on antimony uptake by

Ranking 62 nd in crustal abundance the trace element Antimony is commonly found in soils at concentrations between and mg kg −1 Rish 2004 It has no biological function and is non essential to plants He and Yang 1999; Miravet et al 2005 However antimony is a potent mammalian toxin Gebel 1997 and considered as a priority pollutant by

Antimony in the environment Lessons from geochemical mapping

Soils and stream sediments return comparable median Sb concentrations Plants are usually well protected against Sb uptake There exist however plant species that can accumulate Sb to values of more than 1000 mg/kg Antimony concentrations in the marine environment are not sufficiently well documented

Toxicity of different forms of antimony to rice plants

Antimony Sb is a carcinogenic element belonging to the same family in the periodic table of elements as arsenic As Because of mining and smelting of ores and overuse of industrial products containing Sb Sb concentrations in soils in many regions of the world have far exceeded the limit of 36 mg kg 1 World Health Organization He 2007 Sb is present

Antimony complexed heavy metal wastewater in antimony

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 mechanisms

Accumulation and transport of antimony and arsenic in

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 climbing plant Kudzu

Biogeochemistry of antimony in soil plant system

Antimony concentration of 5 10 mg kg −1 in plants is potentially toxic and can imbalance vital plant functions Herath et al 2017; Natasha et al 2019 Antimony can cause leaf chlorosis and

A review on distribution biogeochemistry of antimony in

The concentration of antimony in water bodies from two perspectives natural water bodies and those affected by mining activities is examined Plant antimony accumulation is common in mining areas Shtangeeva et al 2011 estimated the growth capacity of wheat in antimony contaminated soil and water The results showed that the