Research Article

Application of FTIR-ATR Spectroscopy to Determine the Extent of Lipid Peroxidation in Plasma during Haemodialysis

Table 1

Assignment of organic compounds to bands on the FTIR-ATR spectrum of plasma lipids; -stretching vibration, -bending vibrations, s-symmetric, as-asymmetric, and sh-shoulder band.

Wave number/cm−1AssignmentLiterature
On recorded spectraAccording to literature

33703280–3473(O–H) and (N–H): water molecules, choline[24, 25]
2958 sh2952–2959 sh(CH3): lipids, cholesterol esters, fatty acids[2532]
29202919–2925(CH2): lipids, long-chain fatty acids[2532]
2868 sh2871–2873 sh(CH3): lipids, fatty acids[24, 25, 27]
28522850–2855(CH2): lipids, long-chain fatty acids[2532]
17381732–1747(C=O): lipids, cholesterol esters, fatty acids oxides[25, 2730, 32]
17121712–1718(C=O): COOH group of fatty acids[26, 32]
1495 sh1490 sh(N–CH3): choline group[33]
14651464–1468(CH2): aliphatic chains of fatty acids[2429]
13771377–1381(CH3): aliphatic chains of fatty acids[2629]
11841160–1179(C–O): lipid ester bonds[27, 28]
10821075–1090(PO2): phospholipids[26, 27]
970967–972(C=C): conformation trans [26, 28, 29]