Table 2 Peak position and assignment of major Raman bands observed in the tissues under analysis. Peaks intensity: w = weak, m = medium, s = strong, vs = very strong. Ref. ^23,24,25.

428 (m)

Symmetric stretching of phosphate (HA)

√

435 (w)

Pyruvate

√

454 (w)

Ring torsion phenyl

√

461 (m)

Glucosamine

√

√

√

481 (w)

DNA

√

486–90 (w)

Glycogen

√

√

√

√

499 (w)

Glutamate

√

509 (w)

S-S disulphide stretching band of collagen

√

√

519 (s)

Phosphatidylinositiol

√

√

√

√

527 (s)

N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine

√

540 (s)

ν(S-S) Cysteine

√

√

√

√

559 (w)

Coenzyme A

√

585 (s)

OH out of plane bending

√

√

√

√

604 (m)

Glutamate

√

√

√

√

621 (w)

C-C twisting mode of Phe

√

646 (w)

C-C twisting of Tyr

√

728 (vs)

Proline (collagen assignment)

√

√

√

√

737 (vs)

Thymine (DNA)

√

√

√

√

776 (w)

Phosphatidylinositiol

√

√

815 (m)

Proline

√

√

√

830 (s)

Proline

√

√

√

√

847 (m)

C-O-C skeletal mode

√

√

√

969–70

DNA

√

√

√

√

1003 (vs)

Phe

√

√

√

√

1035 (m)

Collagen

√

√

√

√

1056 (m)

Lipids

√

√

√

√

1065–7 (s)

Proline

√

√

√

√

1096 (m)

Phosphodioxy (PO₂)⁻

√

1106 (m)

Phe in proteins

√

√

1123 (m)

C-N (protein assignment)

√

√

1128–9 (m)

C-N (C-C) stretching

√

1170 (m)

Tyr

√

1206 (s)

difference in collagen content

√

√

√

√

1226 (s)

Amide III

√

√

√

√

1254 (s)

C-N in plane stretching

√

√

√

√

1268 (w)

Amide III (collagen assignment)

√

√

1313 (m)

CH₃CH₂ twisting mode of lipids

√

1346 (m)

CH₃CH₂ wagging mode of lipids

√

1373 (m)

Ring breathing modes of DNA/RNA bases

√

1380 (s)

Glycosaminoglycans

√

√

√

√

1398 (w)

C = O symmetric stretching

√

1450 (s)

CH₂ bending mode in malignant tissues

√

√

1485–8 (w)

Ring breathing modes in DNA

√

1588 (s)

Phe, hydroxyproline

√

1595 (s)

(CO₂)⁻ antisymmetric stretching

√

√

√

√

1609 (m)

Cytosine (DNA)

√

√

√

√

1622 (m)

Trp

√

1729 (m)

C = O ester group

√

√

√