Research Article

Effect of Various Pretreatment for Extracting Intracellular Lipid from Nannochloropsis oculata under Nitrogen Replete and Depleted Conditions

Table 2

Representing the functional groups of nitrogen replete and depleted cells of N. oculata.

Wave numbers (cm−1)Functional groups

3000–2700C–H stretching vibrations of –CH3, >CH2, CH, CHO
3600–3300Oleophilic C–H stretching vibration, indicating unsaturation
1653.04C=O of carboxylic acid and derivatives
1743.89 (Figure 3(a))C=O of ester group
1800–1500Characteristic for proteins
1600–1500Amide II bands, due to N–H stretching vibration
1200–900C–O, C–C, C–O–C, C–O–P stretching vibrations of polysaccharides
CH3, CH2 rocking mode of vibrations
3100–2800Presence of lipid
2922.77 (Figure 3(a)), 2924.50 (Figure 3(b))CH2 asymmetric stretching in lipid
2851.32 (Figure 3(a)), 2853.23 (Figure 3(b))CH2 symmetric stretching in lipid