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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2012 Aug 3;52(2):712–717. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.07.029

Table 1.

Raman metrics

Part A. Raman band center wavenumber (BCW) and relative intensity (RI).
Groups Phospate ν1
Proline and Hydroxyproline
Phenylalanine
Carbonate
Subbands in amide I region
BCW (cm−1) RI (a.u.) BCW (cm−1) RI (a.u.) BCW (cm−1) RI (a.u.) BCW (cm−1) BCW (cm−1) RI (a.u.)
Control 957.99±0.01 17.43±0.22 853.09±0.07
874.28 ±0.09
1.84±0.11 1001.48±0.05 0.23±0.02 1070.74±0.15 1665.14±0.63
1685.61±0.40
1.27±0.38
0.50±0.18
XRT 958.26±0.06 17.55±0.17 852.64±0.39
873.63±0.79
1.66±0.08 1001.50±0.03 0.21±0.02 1070.60±0.21 1665.89±0.69
1686.73±0.56
1.09±0.31
0.30±0.11
AMF-XRT 958.05±0.05 17.19±0.22 852.92±0.10
874.07±0.24
1.71±0.07 1001.59±0.16 0.21±0.02 1070.74±0.15 1666.32±0.13
1686.45± 0.54
1.20±0.28
0.33±0.12
Part B. Derived spectroscopic parameters.
Groups Mineral crystallinity
FWHM PO43 ν1
(958 cm−1)
Carbonate/phosphate
1070 cm−1/958 cm−1
Phosphate/phenylalanine
958 cm−1/1002 cm−1
Phosphate/(proline and hydroxyproline)
958 cm−1/(854+873) cm−1
Collagen cross-link
(matrix maturity)
1665 cm−1/1685 cm−1
Control 17.21±0.08 0.21±0.01 76.16±6.49 9.51±0.51 2.83±1.30
XRT 17.10±0.09 0.19±0.01 85.66±7.36 10.62±0.51 4.12±2.03
AMF-XRT 17.23±0.09 0.21±0.01 81.44±5.80 10.07±0.39 4.08±1.77