Table 1. Band positions and tentative assignments of major Raman bands detected from C. intestinalis embryo.

	Signal to baseline
in Fig. 2	1st [cm−1]	2nd [cm−1]	Position [cm−1]	group	Assignments
A	578	600	592	III	CellMask
B	600	633	615	III	CellMask
C	677	707	694	III	CellMask
D	707	727	715	IV	Choline (H3C)N+, mitochondria
E	734	762	746	III	CellMask
F	776	790	783	IV	cytosine, urasil
G	812	841	826	IV	Tyr, ν(O-P-O), DNA
H	856	882	868	IV	Trp, Tyr
I	925	946	936	III	CellMask, ν(C-C), (C-O-C), glycogen
J	948	981	969	II	δ( = C-H), (C-C) backbone, retinoids
K	998	1007	1002	I	Phe, myoplasm, mitochondoria
L	1008	1026	1015	II	carotenoids, retinoids
M	1047	1073	1064	III	CellMask, Chain C-C
N	1116	1129	1123	III	CellMask, ν(C-C), (C-N)protein, ν(C-O)
O	1134	1175	1161	II	myoplasm, carotenoids, retinoids
P	1191	1214	1205	II	Tyr, Phe, retinoids
Q	1241	1288	1272	III	CellMask, δ( = C-H), Trp, ν(CN), δ(NH)
R	1350	1380	1368	III	CellMask, globin
S	1382	1410	1394	III	CellMask, CH rocking
T	1427	1469	1439	III	CellMask, CH2 deformation, myoplasm, mitochondoria, retinoids
U	1475	1489	1482	III	CellMask
V	1499	1552	1526	II	myoplasm, carotenoids
W	1572	1625	1597	III	CellMask, retinoids, nucleic acids
X	1644	1676	1660	IV	ν(C = C) lipid, myoplasm, mitochondoria

Assignments were compiled from previous articles [8], [28], [31]–[32], and [37]–[40].