Tumor cells demand of carbohydrates is augmented to sustain their fast-growing and high proliferation rate, which causes an increased glycolytic process known as the Warburg effect . The cancer cells glucose metabolism can be exploited for targeted therapy , and consequently, glycoconjugates of various metal complexes were explicitly designed for selective uptake by cells overexpressing glucose transporters . Apart cancer-specific treatment , alternative utilizations of this type of hybrids, as for example antiparasitic therapy, also received a lot of interest .