Synchrotron FTIR Microspectroscopy Study of the Striatum in 6-Hydroxydopamine Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease

Table 1

Tentative assignments of the bands frequencies present in the IR absorption spectra measured for tissue samples.

Frequency (cm−1)Assignment

3400–3200OH str
~3300N–H str (protein and amide A)
3080N–H str (protein and amide B)
2960CH3 asym str (lipids)
2924CH2 asym str (lipids)
2850CH2 sym str (lipids)
1750–1720C=O str (ester, lipids)
1655Amide I: CO str, CN str, and NH bend vib (protein)
1545Amide II: NH bend vib and CN str (protein)
1460CH2 sciss vib; CH3 asym bend vib (lipids)
1380CH3 sym bend vib (lipids)
1300Amide III: CN str, NH bend, CO str, and O=C–N bend vib (protein)
1260–1220PO2 asym str (nucleic acids)
1170CO–O–C asym str (lipid)
1053PO2 sym str (nucleic acids)

str: stretching; asym: asymmetric; sym: symmetric; bend: bending; vib: vibration; sciss: scissoring.