Table 2.

Summary of MOFs for biomedical applications.

Sr. No.	MOFs	Applications	Category	Ref
1	QDs@MOFs	Bioimaging	Diagnosis	[88]
2	GdIII-MOFs, Mn-MOFs, Fe-MOFs	MRI	Diagnosis	[[89], [90], [91]]
3	Zr-UiO, Hf-UiO, Bi-NU-901, ZIF-8, iodine-boron dipyrromethene	CT	Diagnosis	[[92], [93], [94], [95]]
4	64Cu-DOX@AZIF-8,89Zr-UiO-66/Py-PGA-PEG-F3	PET	Diagnosis	[96,97]
5	ZIF-90, PCN-58	OI	Diagnosis	[98,99]
6	Ru–PCN-777	Biosensing	Diagnosis	[100]
7	NiCo-MOFs, MIL-101, MOFs Fe-MIL-88, Cu-MOFs	DNA/RNA-based sensing	Diagnosis	[[101], [102], [103], [104]]
8	ZIF-8	Enzyme-based sensing	Diagnosis	[105]
9	Fe@PCN-224, MOF-74	Biomolecules-based sensing	Diagnosis	[106,107]
10	MIL family (MIL-88A, MIL-88Bt, MIL-89, MIL100, MIL-101-NH2), UiO family (UiO66, UiO67), Al-MIL-100, Fe-MIL-100, ZIF-8, IRMOF, HKUST, BioMOFs, Cu-MOFs,	Antiviral therapy	Diagnosis	[[108], [109], [110], [111], [112]]
11	Pt-MOFs	Anticancer therapy	Diagnosis	[113]
12	F127–MnO2-ZIF@DOX/C3N4	Nanomedicine	Diagnosis	[114]
13	PLNPs@ZIF-8, Fe3O4@Bio-MOFs,	Theranostics	Diagnosis	[115,116]
14	PCP-Mn-DTA@GOx@1-MT, TGZ@eM	Starvation therapy	Therapeutics	[117,118]
15	OVA@ZIF-8-CpG	Immunotherapy	Therapeutics	[119]
16	ZIF-67,AuNCs-@MOFs-DOX,Mn-ZrMOF NCs	PDT	Therapeutics	[[120], [121], [122]]
17	DHA@MIL-101	CDT	Therapeutics	[123]
18	Hf-DBB-Ru	RT	Therapeutics	[124]
19	UiO-66@PAN,AuNRs@ZIF-8,Cu-MOFs,PDA@ZIF-8	PTT	Therapeutics	[[125], [126], [127]] [128]
20	UiO-66, MIL-88B, and ZIF-8, SMOFs	Gene delivery	Therapeutics	[[129], [130], [131]],
21	ZIF-67, ZIF-90, and ZIF-8, CCM@MOF-Zr,CUR@IRMOF-16,Gd-pDBI, Ori@MIL-53(Fe), γ-CD-MOFs, AZT-MP @MIL-100, MOF-808, UiO-66, UiO-67, and NU-1000, MIL-53, MIL 100, HKUST-1	Drug delivery	Cargo Delivery	[[132], [133], [134]], [112,[135], [136], [137], [138], [139], [140], [141], [142], [143]]