Useful 1O2 (1?g) generator, 3-(4’-methyl-1’-naphthyl)-propionic acid, 1’,4’-endoperoxide (NEPO), for dioxygenation of squalene (a skin surface lipid) in an organic solvent and bacterial killing in aqueous medium.

Minoru Nakano, Yasuhiro Kambayashi, Hidetaka Tatsuzawa, Tomoko Komiyama, and Ken Fujimori.

FEBS Letters

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