Furthermore, the investigation of carbohydrate metabolism in T. gondii has received a lot of interest and seen the high energetic demand accompanying parasite growth and proliferation, carbohydrates can constitute an appealing choice among the metabolites able to promote the internalization of the organometallic unit in the parasite. Consequently, pending carbohydrate-containing units to the Ru(II)arene moieties appears a judicious choice for drug design.