Abstract BACKGROUND Antimony is a toxic and potentially carcinogenic metalloid widely used in industry, whose untreated wastewater could lead to water body pollution. Antimony‐reduced species tend precipitate the form of minerals. The biological reduction antimonate antimonite occurs under anaerobic conditions by two extracellular pathways: dissimilatory reaction with dissolved H 2 S sulfate‐re...

Antimonite (SbIII) is transported into plants via aquaglyceroporin channels but it is unknown in As-hyperaccumulator Ptreis vittata (PV). We tested the effects of SbIII analogs (arsenite-AsIII, glycerol, silicic acid-Si, and, glucose), antimonate (SbV) analog (phosphate-P), and aquaglyceroporin transporter inhibitor (silver, Ag) on the uptake of SbIII or SbV by PV gametophytes. PV gametophytes ...

Nanostructured Mn2Sb2O7 powders were synthesized via stoichiometric1:1 Mn:Sb molar ratio solid state reaction at different reactions temperatures for 8 h using MnSO4.H2O and Sb2O3 as raw materials. The synthesized materials were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) technique. Structural analyses were performed by the FullProf program employing profile matching with constant scale fa...