<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Niobium, osmium, scandium, tungsten and vanadium are transition metals naturally occuring in the environment, particularly in the Earth’s crust. Anthropogenic activities, primarily industrial technologies, have precipitated significant alternations in the concentration and distribution of these metals. Such a dramatic change resulted, by all means, in the bigger potential of the environmental exposure, which poses a threat not only to humans but to all biological systems. Certain elements naturally occur in the animal and human plasma and tissues, but their concentrations are sometimes too low to be detected using the existing modern technologies. In small amounts, such elements are not harmful and some of them have even been suggested to have a beneficial role in the human or animal physiology. However, exposure to excessive antropogenically elevated levels can exert serious negative effects on the environment, agriculture and health. The findings summarized in this paper provide a review of the current knowledge about the implications of the transition metals considered on the health, accentuating the insufficiency and need for more relevant data.</p></abstract>

Niobium, osmium, scandium, tungsten and vanadium are transition metals naturally occuring in the environment, particularly in the Earth’s crust. Anthropogenic activities, primarily industrial technologies, have precipitated significant alternations in the concentration and distribution of these metals. Such a dramatic change resulted, by all means, in the bigger potential of the environmental exposure, which poses a threat not only to humans but to all biological systems. Certain elements naturally occur in the animal and human plasma and tissues, but their concentrations are sometimes too low to be detected using the existing modern technologies. In small amounts, such elements are not harmful and some of them have even been suggested to have a beneficial role in the human or animal physiology. However, exposure to excessive antropogenically elevated levels can exert serious negative effects on the environment, agriculture and health. The findings summarized in this paper provide a review of the current knowledge about the implications of the transition metals considered on the health, accentuating the insufficiency and need for more relevant data.

Influence of Transition Metals on Animal and Human Health: A Review

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Institute of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Animal Sciences

Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences

Contemporary Agriculture

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Niobium, osmium, scandium, tungsten and vanadium are transition metals naturally occuring in the environment, particularly in the Earth’s crust. Anthropogenic...

Influence of Transition Metals on Animal and Human Health: A Review

Published Online: Jan 03, 2019

Page range: 187 - 195

Received: Oct 01, 2018

Accepted: Dec 18, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/contagri-2018-0027

Keywords
niobium, osmium, scandium, tungsten, vanadium

© 2018 Jana Bilčíková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Influence of Transition Metals on Animal and Human Health: A Review

Published Online: Jan 03, 2019

Page range: 187 - 195

Received: Oct 01, 2018

Accepted: Dec 18, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/contagri-2018-0027

Keywordsniobium, osmium, scandium, tungsten, vanadium

© 2018 Jana Bilčíková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
niobium, osmium, scandium, tungsten, vanadium