TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - ANTIMONY AND STIBINE A1 - Vohra, Rais A2 - Olson, Kent R. A2 - Anderson, Ilene B. A2 - Benowitz, Neal L. A2 - Blanc, Paul D. A2 - Clark, Richard F. A2 - Kearney, Thomas E. A2 - Kim-Katz, Susan Y. A2 - Wu, Alan H. B. PY - 2018 T2 - Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e AB - Antimony (Sb) is a versatile trace element widely used for hardening soft metal alloys; for compounding rubber; as a major flame retardant component (5–20%) in plastics, textiles, and clothing; and as a coloring agent in dyes, varnishes, paints, and glazes. Exposure to antimony dusts and fumes may occur during mining and refining of ores, in glassworking, and from the discharge of firearms. Organic pentavalent antimony compounds (sodium stibogluconate and antimoniate meglumine) are commonly used worldwide as antiparasitic drugs. Foreign or folk remedies may contain antimony potassium tartrate ("tartar emetic" or trivalent antimony), which was widely used in previous centuries as an emetic, purgative, and aversive therapy for alcohol abuse. Stibine (antimony hydride, SbH3) is a colorless gas with the odor of rotten eggs that is produced as a by-product when antimony-containing ore or furnace slag is treated with acid. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174605076 ER -