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. 2022 Sep 19;21(1):447–477. doi: 10.1007/s10311-022-01509-7

Table 3.

Utilization of cyclodextrin-based metal–organic frameworks and cyclodextrin-composites as drug vehicles

CD-MOF/ CD-MOF composites CD Metal salt Metal ion Synthesis method Drug Loading capacity References
Nano ssCGP γ-CD KOH K+ Vapor diffusion Doxorubicin 45 mg/g Xue et al. (2019)
RGD-functionalized CD-MOF γ-CD KOH K+ Vapor diffusion Doxorubicin 14% Chen et al. (2021a)
Micro/nano cubic DPC-γ-CD-MOF sponges γ-CD KOH K+ Vapor diffusion Doxorubicin 60 – 80 mg/g Singh et al. (2017)
γ-CD-MOF γ-CD KOH K+ Vapor diffusion Folic acid 35 wt% Xu et al. (2019)

K-γ-CD

Na-γ-CD

Fe-γ-CD

γ-CD

KOH

NaCl

FeCl3

K+

Cl

Fe3+

Vapor diffusion Diclofenac sodium

50%

49%

55%

Abuçafy et al. (2018)
γ-CD-MOF γ-CD KOH K+ Vapor diffusion

Florfenicol

Enrofloxacin

54.60 mg/g 45.25 mg/g Wei et al. (2021)
CD-MOF γ-CD KOH K+ Vapor diffusion Ibuprofen 23 – 26 wt% Hartlieb et al. (2017)
γ-CD-MOF-b γ-CD KOH K+ Vapor diffusion Acetaldehyde 30 µg/g Al-Ghamdi et al. (2016)
γ-CD-MOF γ-CD KOH K+ Vapor diffusion Methotrexate  ~ 6 wt% Kritskiy et al. (2020)

CD-MOF-Micro

CD-MOF-Nano

γ-CD KOH K+ Microwave-assisted Sucralose

17.5%

27.9%

Lv et al. (2017)
CD-MOF-1 γ-CD KOH K+ Microwave-assisted Fenbufen 196 mg/g Liu et al. (2017a)
Nano-γ-CD-MOF γ-CD KOH K+ Vapor diffusion 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid 17.2% Liu et al. (2022)

KAc-γ-CD-MOF (dense)

KAc-γ-CD-MOF (porous)

γ-CD KAc K+

Two steps

1. Hydrothermal synthesis

2. Crystal transformation

Valsartan

33.5%

30.2%

Ding et al. (2019)
CD-MOF γ-CD KOH K+ Vapor diffusion Scutellarin 30.42% Zhao et al. (2020b)
γ-CD-MOF γ-CD KNO3 K+ Vapor diffusion Menthol  ~ 11% Hu et al. (2021)

KAc-γ-CD-MOF-THY-HT

KOH-γ-CD-MOF-THY-HT

KCl-γ-CD-MOF-THY-HT

γ-CD

KAc

KOH

KCl

K+ Hydrothermal Thymol

293.8 mg/g

287.7 mg/g

249.3 mg/g

Pan et al. (2022)
β-CD-MOF β-CD Na2C2O4 Na+ Solvothermal 5-Fluorouracil 23.02% Lu et al. (2015)

β-CD-MOF-1

β-CD-MOF-2

β-CD CsCl Cs+ Template-induced approach

5-Fluorouracil

Methotrexate

5-Fluorouracil

Methotrexate

1.379 g/g

0.689 g/g

1.510 g/g

1.217 g/g

Liu et al. (2017c)
β-CD-MOF β-CD KOH K+ Hydrothermal Naringin 82.3% Li et al. (2021a)
β-CD-MOF-IC β-CD KOH K+ Vapor diffusion Menthol 30.60% Hu et al. (2022b)
β-CD-MOF β-CD KOH K+ Vapor diffusion method

Quercetin

Emodin

103.6 mg/g 177.26 mg/g Kong et al. (2019)
β-CD-MOF β-CD KOH K+ Vapor diffusion Ibuprofen 7.4 wt% Volkova et al. (2020)

SHPs@β-CDMOF

β-CD-MOF@SHPs

β-CD KCl K+ Vapor diffusion Curcumin

1.78%

1.49%

Shao et al. (2022)

K- β-CD -MOF

Cs- β-CD -MOF

β-CD KOH K +  Vapor diffusion Myricetin 282.39 mg/g 308.65 mg/g Jiang et al. (2021)
β-CD -MOF β-CD KNO3 K+ Vapor diffusion Menthol 21.76% Hu et al. (2021)
β-CD-MOF β-CD KOH K+

Vapor diffusion

Solvothermal

Dimercaptosuccinic acid 15% Xiong et al. (2019)

α-CD-MOF-1

α-CD-MOF-2

α-CD KOH K+

Vapor diffusion

Solvothermal

5-Fluorouracil

0.257 g/g

0.107 g/g

Sha et al. (2016)
α-CD-MOF α-CD KNO3 K+ Vapor diffusion Menthol  ~ 5% Hu et al. (2021)

The synthesis methods and materials of CD-MOF/ CD-MOF composites are summarized. Potential loaded drugs and the loading capacity of each CD-MOF/ CD-MOF composite are explained. CD-MOF refers to a cyclodextrin-based metal–organic framework, CD refer to cyclodextrin, ssCGP refers to novel cubic gel particles, KAc refers to Potassium acetate, KOH refers to potassium hydroxide, DPC refers to diphenyl carbonate-crosslinked, and SHPs refer to soybean hull polysaccharides