Proper peptide storage and handling prove essential, with lyophilized peptides requiring storage at -20C or lower (optimally -80C) away from bright light and moisture, and peptides containing cysteine, methionine, or tryptophan requiring additional protection from oxidation through anaerobic storage conditions to maintain stability and biological activity throughout experimental protocols
J Pharmacol Sci 95:1926 Medvidovic-Grubisic M, Stambolija V, Kolenc D, Katancic J, Murselovic T, Plestina-Borjan I, Strbe S, Drmic D, Barisic I, Sindic A, Seiwerth S (2017) Hypermagnesemia disturbances in rats, NO-related: pentadecapeptide BPC 157 abrogates, l-NAME and l-arginine worsen
Findings from the recent Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Type 2 Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness (GRADE) study support the early introduction of incretin-based therapies in the T2D treatment pathway, although it should be noted that GRADE did not include a SGLT2i treatment arm [29, 30]
Improper reconstitutionusing the wrong solvent, shaking the vial, or using non-sterile techniquescan be catastrophic
