RT Book, Section
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.
SR Print(0)
ID 1174605076
T1 ANTIMONY AND STIBINE
T2 Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071839792
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174605076
RD 2022/08/16
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.