Volume 45, Issue 36 pp. 5974-5978
Communication

Metal–Organic Frameworks as Efficient Materials for Drug Delivery

Patricia Horcajada

Patricia Horcajada

Institut Lavoisier, UMR CNRS 8180, Université de Versailles St-Quentin en Yvelines, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France, Fax: (+33) 139-254-358

Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Bioinorgánica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

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Christian Serre

Christian Serre

Institut Lavoisier, UMR CNRS 8180, Université de Versailles St-Quentin en Yvelines, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France, Fax: (+33) 139-254-358

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María Vallet-Regí

María Vallet-Regí

Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Bioinorgánica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

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Muriel Sebban

Muriel Sebban

Tectospin group of Institut Lavoisier and NMRtec, Versailles, France

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Francis Taulelle

Francis Taulelle

Institut Lavoisier, UMR CNRS 8180, Université de Versailles St-Quentin en Yvelines, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France, Fax: (+33) 139-254-358

Tectospin group of Institut Lavoisier and NMRtec, Versailles, France

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Gérard Férey

Gérard Férey

Institut Universitaire de France, Fax: (+33) 1-3925-4358

Institut Lavoisier, UMR CNRS 8180, Université de Versailles St-Quentin en Yvelines, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France, Fax: (+33) 139-254-358

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First published: 05 September 2006
Citations: 1,678

The authors are grateful to E. Fraga (C.A.I. of XRF spectroscopy, Complutense University) for collecting the X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectra. Ibuprofen was kindly supplied by Laboratorios Dr. Esteve S.A.

Graphical Abstract

Fill 'em up: The metal carboxylates MIL-100 and MIL-101 act as porous matrices (see picture; MIL=Materials of Institut Lavoisier) for drug-delivery systems using Ibuprofen as a model substrate. Very large amounts of the drug could be incorporated, up to an unprecedented capacity of 1.4 g of drug per gram of porous solid for MIL-101, and the total release of Ibuprofen was achieved under physiological conditions in 3 (MIL-100) and 6 days (MIL-101).

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