TABLE I.

Raman peak positions in tissue.

Collagen16	Fish bone17	Rat tendon	Rat bone	Assignments
255		~264	~264
299		311	~310
		~334
391	387	~394		δ(CCC)
418
	426	~428	428 A	ν2(PO43-)
		~475
533			~534	δ(CCC)
565		~572
	589		589 A	ν4(PO43-)
591	608	603	612	ν4(PO43-)
		643
		~691
725		~725
		750 T		ν (pyrrole breathing of heme)
760	769	763	~765	ν(CCO)
815	814	815	815	ν(COC); ν(CC) of backbone
855	856	854	854	δ(CCH) aromatic
873	876	872	~874	ν(CC) of proline
921	921	920	920	ω(CH2) out-of-phase; ν(CC) of proline
939	938	939	943	ν(CC) of protein
	961	959	960 A	ν1(PO43-)
1004	1005	1003	1003	ν(CC) aromatic ring
1033	1034	1033	~1032	ν(CC) of proline
	1042		~1040 A	ν3(PO43-)
1057
	1071	~1085	~1072 A	ν3(PO43-)
1098	1101		1104
1124		1128	~1127	δ(CH)
1171	1164	1169	~1167	ν(CCC) out-of-phase
1205	1202	1203	1204	ω(CH2) in-phase
1245	1245	1241	1243	δ(NH2); δ(NH)
1270		1267		δ(NH) amide III
1316	1317	1314	1321	γ(CH2)
1342		~1340	1341	δ(CH2)
		1378
1391	1391	~1396	~1395	δ(CH2)
1425	1427	1426	~1425	δ(CH2)
1451	1451	1450	~1450	δ(CH2, CH3) scissoring
1561		~1560
1584		1587 T		ν(C=C) porphyrin in heme
1611		1605		ν(CCH) aromatic ring
1638		1635	1637	ν(C=C)
1667	1667	1666	1664	ν(C=O) amide I
		~2462
		2578	2579
		2829	2827	S–H stretch
2884		2885	2885	ν(CH2) sym stretch
2940		2941	2940	ν(CH3) sym, ν(CH2) asym stretch
2978		2990	2978	ν(CH3) asym stretch
3059		3063	3066	(C=C–H) aromatic stretch
		~3320	~3316	N–H stretch
		~3453	~3440	O–H stretch

^a(ν) Stretching; (δ) deformation; (A) bands assigned to apatite; (T) bands only found in tendon.