| MOFs | Metal‒organic frameworks |
| PCP | Porous coordination polymer |
| LD50 | Lethal dose 50% |
| MIL | Material Institut Lavoisier |
| H3BTC | 1,3,5-Benzenetricarboxylic acid |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| SGF | Simulated gastric fluid |
| PC3 | Human prostate cancer cell line |
| HUVEC | Human umbilical vein endothelial cells |
| HMEC | Human microvascular endothelial cells |
| MLE12 | Murine alveolar epithelial cells |
| MH-S | Mouse alveolar macrophage cell line |
| MCF-7 | Human breast adenocarcinoma cell line |
| CCRF-CEM | Human leukemia |
| RPMI-8226 | Human multiple myeloma |
| J774 | Human macrophages |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| XRD | X-ray diffraction |
| TGA | Thermogravimetric analysis |
| FITC | Annexin V-fluoresce isothiocyanate |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| HL-770 | Normal liver cells |
| HepG2 | Liver hepatocellular carcinoma |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-dipheny-ltetrazolium bromide |
| DAPI | 4’,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| PI | Propidium iodide |
| IC50 | Half-maximal inhibitory concentrations |
| DRG | Rat neonatal organotypic dorsal root ganglion |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |