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Table 1 Assignment of SERS spectra measured from breast cancer cells

From: Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy investigation on human breast cancer cells

Bands (cm-1)

Tentative assignments

Molecular origin [5, 6, 17, 2326]

672

C-S str.

proteins

712

C-N str.

lipids

820

tyr

proteins

852

tyr

proteins

1004

Phe

proteins

1030

Phe

proteins

1053

C-C str.

lipids

1097

PO2-

Nucleic acids

1126

C-N, C-C str.

proteins

1157

C-C, C-N str.

proteins

1230

Amide III

proteins

1280

CH twist and bend

proteins

1388

C-H str.

proteins

1471

C–H def./bending

proteins

1566

Amide II

proteins

  1. Abbreviations: Phe, Phenylalanine; Tyr, tyrosine; def, deformation; str., stretching.