Table 2.

A band position indicated in Raman spectra of fresh whole blood and with anticoagulant (normal and saturated with CO₂ and O₂).

Fresh whole blood (normal)	Fresh whole blood saturated with O2 (15 min)	Fresh whole blood saturated with CO2 (15 min)	Whole blood with EDTA	Whole blood with EDTA saturated with O2 (15 min)	Whole blood with EDTA saturated with CO2 (15 min)	Tentative assignments18,21
676	676	676	676	676	676	δ (pyr def)sym
755	755	755	755	755	755	ν(pyr breathing)
1171	1171	1171	1171	1171	1171	ν(pyr half-ring)asym
1212	–	1212	1212	–	1212	δ (CmH)
1301	1301	1301	1301	1301	1301	δ (CmH)
1356	–	1356	1356	–	1356	ν(pyr half-ring)sym
1370	1370	–	1370	1370	–	ν(pyr half-ring)sym
1547	1547	1547	1547	1547	1547	ν(Cββ)
1585	1585 ↑	1585 ↓	1585	1585 ↑	1585 ↓	ν(CaCm)asym
1604	1604 ↓	1604 ↑	1604	1604 ↓	1604 ↑	ν(CaCm)asym
1638	1638 ↑	–	1638	1638 ↑	–	ν(CaCm)asym

ν—stretching, δ—bending, def—deformation, sym—symmetric, asym—asymmetric, pyr—pyrrole, ↑—increase, ↓—decrease.