Research Article

The Study of Naphthoquinones and Their Complexes with DNA by Using Raman Spectroscopy and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: New Insight into Interactions of DNA with Plant Secondary Metabolites

Table 2

The changes of the Raman intensities after the modification of DNA by the selected naphthoquinones: w-weak, m-medium, s-strong, sh-shoulder, br-broad, as-asymmetric.

Peak (cm−1)Assignment1,4-NaphthoquinoneBinaphthoquinoneJugloneLawsonePlumbagin

670dT, dA670 m667 m667 m667 m667 w
683dG
729A
750dT740 w741 w
787bk O-P-O str. + dT805 m804 m, br807 m, br 807 m807 m
834bk O-P-O B-DNA827 w821 w
894dr, C2′H2 rock
922dr, ring str.916 m
970T C6H op-def, bk
1014T CH3 rock1018 sh
1054bk C-O str.1079 m-s1038 m, br1076 m-s1039 m, br1073 s, br
1093POsym., str.1110 w
1143dT1142 w1147 m
1178dT, dG, dC1176 w
1217dT, dA, dG1215 sh1216 m, as
1237dT, dC1239 m-s, br1237 m1240 m, br
1256dC, dA, dT (dG)
1307dA, dT1281 w1304 w
1338dA, dG1323 w1322 sh
1376T, CH3def1377 s, 1398 w1350 m, br1359 m1355 m, br1384 w
1421dr C5′H2def
14461448 w1452 w1448 w1448 w1442 w
1462
1490G im. ring, dA, dT1490 s, as1490 s1490 s1490 s, as1490 s
15111509 w1502 w1502 w1503 w, sh 1507 m
1578dG, dA1574 s, as1578 s, as1578 s, as1579 s, as1576 s
1669T, dG1688 w1688 m, as1685 m, as1689 w, br1680 m-s, br, as