The parasite, a protozoan called Leishmania donovani, had become resistant to the drugs of choice, compounds based on the element antimony. 黑熱病利什曼原蟲這種原生動物，是造成利什曼病的寄生蟲，已對原本使用的銻化合物藥物產生抗藥性。
Antimony dialkyldithiophosphates and antimony dialkyldithiocarbamates were synthesized as lubricant additives.Timken and four ball testers were used to evaluate their properties. 合成了二烷基二硫代磷酸銻和二烷基二硫代氨基甲酸銻兩類有機銻化合物作為潤滑油添加劑。
