“…Nucleophilic groups of peptides, mainly the primary amines of the N-terminus or Lys residue, are the major targets for peptide acylation [ 36 , 124 , 130 ] ( Figure 6 ) and the peptide acylation can affect the release properties, biological activity, pharmacological effect, and toxicity of peptide drugs in PLGA microparticles [ 131 , 132 , 133 ]. In addition to primary amines, arginine residue has also been identified as acylation site in goserelin and leuprolide having no primary amines [ 128 , 129 ]. Several strategies have been proposed and studied to prevent and minimize peptide acylation in PLGA formulations [ 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 138 , 139 , 140 , 141 , 142 , 143 , 144 , 145 ].…”