Table 1 Band positions for human lung cells25,26,33,38,39,40.

From: Hyperglycemia and cancer in human lung carcinoma by means of Raman spectroscopy and imaging

Wavenumber [cm−1]

Tentative assignments of Raman bands

750

Cytochrome c, heme group vibration

785

DNA

829

Tyrosine

855

Proline, tyrosine

1004

Phenylalanine

1126

Cytochrome c, heme group vibration

1260

Amide III (protein band), CH2 in-plane deformation (lipids)

1310

CH2 deformation (lipid), adenine, cytosine, cytochrome c

1444

Fatty acids, triglycerides, C–H bending vibrations

1583

δ(C=C), phenylalanine, cytochrome c, heme group vibration

1656

Amide I amide I of proteins, lipids, C=C vibrations

2854

Fatty acids, triglycerides, C–H2 symmetric stretching

2874

CH2 asymmetric stretch and CH stretch of lipids and proteins

2930–2940

CH2 asymmetric stretching of proteins, CH3 symmetric stretching of proteins