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

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 are the major ways of introducing Sb into our soils and aquatic environments. Crops grown on Sb-contaminated soils are a...

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Autores principales: Tang, Haiying, Meng, Guiyuan, Xiang, Junqing, Mahmood, Athar, Xiang, Guohong, SanaUllah, Liu, Ying, Huang, Guoqin
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9643749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36388491
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1011945
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author Tang, Haiying
Meng, Guiyuan
Xiang, Junqing
Mahmood, Athar
Xiang, Guohong
SanaUllah,
Liu, Ying
Huang, Guoqin
author_facet Tang, Haiying
Meng, Guiyuan
Xiang, Junqing
Mahmood, Athar
Xiang, Guohong
SanaUllah,
Liu, Ying
Huang, Guoqin
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description 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 are the major ways of introducing Sb into our soils and aquatic environments. Crops grown on Sb-contaminated soils are a major reason of Sb entry into humans by eating Sb-contaminated foods. Sb toxicity in plants reduces seed germination and root and shoot growth, and causes substantial reduction in plant growth and final productions. Moreover, Sb also induces chlorosis, causes damage to the photosynthetic apparatus, reduces membrane stability and nutrient uptake, and increases oxidative stress by increasing reactive oxygen species, thereby reducing plant growth and development. The threats induced by Sb toxicity and Sb concentration in soils are increasing day by day, which would be a major risk to crop production and human health. Additionally, the lack of appropriate measures regarding the remediation of Sb-contaminated soils will further intensify the current situation. Therefore, future research must be aimed at devising appropriate measures to mitigate the hazardous impacts of Sb toxicity on plants, humans, and the environment and to prevent the entry of Sb into our ecosystem. We have also described the various strategies to remediate Sb-contaminated soils to prevent its entry into the human food chain. Additionally, we also identified the various research gaps that must be addressed in future research programs. We believe that this review will help readers to develop the appropriate measures to minimize the toxic effects of Sb and its entry into our ecosystem. This will ensure the proper food production on Sb-contaminated soils.
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spelling pubmed-96437492022-11-15 Toxic effects of antimony in plants: Reasons and remediation possibilities—A review and future prospects Tang, Haiying Meng, Guiyuan Xiang, Junqing Mahmood, Athar Xiang, Guohong SanaUllah, Liu, Ying Huang, Guoqin Front Plant Sci Plant Science 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 are the major ways of introducing Sb into our soils and aquatic environments. Crops grown on Sb-contaminated soils are a major reason of Sb entry into humans by eating Sb-contaminated foods. Sb toxicity in plants reduces seed germination and root and shoot growth, and causes substantial reduction in plant growth and final productions. Moreover, Sb also induces chlorosis, causes damage to the photosynthetic apparatus, reduces membrane stability and nutrient uptake, and increases oxidative stress by increasing reactive oxygen species, thereby reducing plant growth and development. The threats induced by Sb toxicity and Sb concentration in soils are increasing day by day, which would be a major risk to crop production and human health. Additionally, the lack of appropriate measures regarding the remediation of Sb-contaminated soils will further intensify the current situation. Therefore, future research must be aimed at devising appropriate measures to mitigate the hazardous impacts of Sb toxicity on plants, humans, and the environment and to prevent the entry of Sb into our ecosystem. We have also described the various strategies to remediate Sb-contaminated soils to prevent its entry into the human food chain. Additionally, we also identified the various research gaps that must be addressed in future research programs. We believe that this review will help readers to develop the appropriate measures to minimize the toxic effects of Sb and its entry into our ecosystem. This will ensure the proper food production on Sb-contaminated soils. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9643749/ /pubmed/36388491 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1011945 Text en Copyright © 2022 Tang, Meng, Xiang, Mahmood, Xiang, SanaUllah, Liu and Huang https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Tang, Haiying
Meng, Guiyuan
Xiang, Junqing
Mahmood, Athar
Xiang, Guohong
SanaUllah,
Liu, Ying
Huang, Guoqin
Toxic effects of antimony in plants: Reasons and remediation possibilities—A review and future prospects
title Toxic effects of antimony in plants: Reasons and remediation possibilities—A review and future prospects
title_full Toxic effects of antimony in plants: Reasons and remediation possibilities—A review and future prospects
title_fullStr Toxic effects of antimony in plants: Reasons and remediation possibilities—A review and future prospects
title_full_unstemmed Toxic effects of antimony in plants: Reasons and remediation possibilities—A review and future prospects
title_short Toxic effects of antimony in plants: Reasons and remediation possibilities—A review and future prospects
title_sort toxic effects of antimony in plants: reasons and remediation possibilities—a review and future prospects
topic Plant Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9643749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36388491
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1011945
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