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Table 2 Tentative peak assignment of spectral bands in FTIR spectra of fungi [20]

From: Biochemical profiling, prediction of total lipid content and fatty acid profile in oleaginous yeasts by FTIR spectroscopy

Peak nr.

Frequency (cm−1)

Peak assignment

Main biomolecules

1

3010

=C–H stretching

Lipid

2

2955

C–H assymetric stretching of –CH3

Lipid

3

2925

Stretching of > CH2 of acyl chains (assymetric)

Lipid

4

2850

Stretching of CH2 of acyl chains (symetric)

Lipid

5

1745

C=O stretching

Lipid

6

1680–1640

Amide I band (C=O stretching)

Protein

7

1580–1520

Amide II (CONH bending)

Protein

8

1465

CH2 deformtion

Lipid

9

1410

Amide III band (C–N stretching)

Protein

10

1380

CH3 bending

Lipid

11

1240–1265

P=O stretching (assymetric) of > PO2 phosphodiesters

Polyphosphate, phospholipid

12

1155

C–O–C stretching

Lipid

13

1080

P O stretching (symetric) of > PO2

Polyphosphate, phospholipid

14

900–1200

C–O and C–C stretching,  C–O–H and C–O–C deformation

Carbohydrate

15

875

P–O–P stretching

Polyphosphate, phospholipid

16

725

CH2 deformation

Lipid