Table 1 Assignment of specific Raman bands to vibrational models and biological molecules²⁸.

744 (746)

T (ring breathing mode of DNA/RNA bases)

²⁹

789 (788)

O–P–O stretching DNA

³⁰

997 (996)

C–O ribose, C–C

³¹

1123

(C–N), proteins (protein assignment)

C–C stretching mode of lipids and protein

C–N stretch, Glucose

^32,33,–³⁴

1671 (1670)

Amide I, C = C stretching vibrations,

Cholesterol & its esters

C = C stretching vibration mode of steroid ring,

Amide I (anti-parallel b-sheet)

n(C = C) trans

lipids, fatty acids

^35,36,37,38

2847

CH₃ symmetric stretch of lipids

³⁹

2910

CH₃ stretching vibrations

⁴⁰

2980

CH, CH₂, and CH₃ symmetric and antisymmetric stretching of lipids

⁴¹