title: Vanadium, recent advancements and research prospects: A review.
abstract: Metal pollution is an important issue worldwide, with various documented cases of metal toxicity in mining areas, industries, coal power plants and agriculture sector. Heavy metal polluted soils pose severe problems to plants, water resources, environment and nutrition. Among all non-essential metals, vanadium (V) is becoming a serious matter of discussion for the scientists who deals with heavy metals. Due to its mobility from soil to plants, it causes adverse effects to human beings. This review article illustrates briefly about V, its role and shows the progress about V research so far done globally in the light of the previous work which may assist in inter-disciplinary studies to evaluate the ecological importance of V toxicity.
authors.affiliation: Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China. Electronic address: m.imtiazpk92@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imtiaz
authors.affiliation: Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China. Electronic address: arain_ms@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Muhammad Shahid
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rizwan
authors.affiliation: Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China. Electronic address: xsl@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Shuanglian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China. Electronic address: lihailan85@sina.com.
authors.forename: Hailan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, University Road, Sargodha, Punjab 40100, Pakistan. Electronic address: mashraf_1972@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ashraf
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, University Road, Sargodha, Punjab 40100, Pakistan. Electronic address: smshahzad_uaf@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Sher Muhammad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Shahzad
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China. Electronic address: m.shahzad@iub.edu.pk.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shahzad
authors.affiliation: Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China. Electronic address: m.rizwan112@outlook.com.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rizwan
authors.affiliation: Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China. Electronic address: stu@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Shuxin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tu
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D004463:Ecology; D000075322:Heavy Metal Poisoning; D006801:Humans; D008906:Mining; D010944:Plants / Q000187:drug effects; D011041:Poisoning; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D014639:Vanadium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014639:Vanadium
keywords: Biological function; Environmental fate; Remediation strategies; Research advances; Toxicity; Vanadium