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. 2011 Feb 15;104(5):790–797. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6606094

Table 2. Distinguishing wavenumbers (cm−1) of endometrioid and non-endometrioid cancers vs normal benign endometrium with likely originating bond-type.

Endometrioid cancer (cm−1) Non-endometrioid cancer (cm−1) Tentative assignment
1736 1736 Lipid
1682   Amide I
1624 1624 Amide I
  1601 Amide I
1570 1570 Amide II
1516 1516 Amide II
1477 1477 ?Protein
1450   ?Protein
  1447 ?Protein
1373   COO-symmetric stretching
1234   νasPO2
  1231 νasPO2
  1173 Carbohydrate
1169   Carbohydrate
  1142 C–O stretch (nu CO)
1088   νsPO2
1061 1061 νsPO2
1034   Glycogen
  1003 Glycogen
  968 Protein phosphorylation
 964   Protein phosphorylation

?=possibly.