Table 2 Main vibrational modes present in the fingerprint region between 650–1800 cm−1 and the high wavenumber region between 2800–3000 cm−1 of the PLS loading spectra of PLSC2, PLSC3 and PLSC4 for the analysis of the LIQUID 1 dataset (according to Movasaghi et al.21 and Naseer et al.22).

From: Rapid diagnosis of COVID-19 using FT-IR ATR spectroscopy and machine learning

 

Wavenumber (cm−1)

Vibrational mode

Structural component

PLSC2

896

?

?

1359 (58)

Stretching C–O, deformation C–H, deformation N–H

?

2820

–CH2 and –CH3

Lipids

PLSC3

1442

d(CH2)

Lipids, fatty acids (polysaccharides, pectin)

1524

vCN, vCC proteins, tyrosine

Amide II

2913

?

?

PLSC4

1088

Stretching PO2 2 symmetric vibration) in B-form DNA

Phosphate I

1497

C=C, deformation C–H

Proteins

2855

Asymmetric CH2 stretching mode of the methylene chains in membrane lipids

Lipids