. 2021 Mar 23;10(2):292–298. doi: 10.1093/toxres/tfab010

Table 5.

Band intensities for selected bands and intensities of specific peaks presenting protein structure of control and 2NS treated tissues of C. punctatus

The average FTIR absorption intensity ratios for selected bands
	Kidney			Liver
Ratio of bands	Control	Group 1	Group 2	Control	Group 1	Group 2
I₁₅₄₃/I₃₂₈₄	1.55 ± 0.028^a	1.74 ± 0.023^b	1.52 ± 0.012^a	1.61 ± 0.008^a	1.61 ± 0.005^a	1.44 ± 0.008^b
I₂₉₅₆/₂₈₅₃	1.34 ± 0.023^a	1.14 ± 0.012^b	1.06 ± 0.005^c	1.05 ± 0.012^a	1.03 ± 0.020^a	1.01 ± 0.016^a
I₁₅₄₃/I₁₆₅₂	1.01 ± 0.005^a	0.97 ± 0.050^b	1.09 ± 0.050^c	1.01 ± 0.006^a	0.90 ± 0.005^b	0.86 ± 0.017^b
I₁₀₈₂/I₁₅₄₃	0.75 ± 0.008^a	1.13 ± 0.008^b	1.14 ± 0.008^b	0.75 ± 0.029^a	1.04 ± 0.007^b	1.17 ± 0.005^c
The peak centers and the absorption intensity of main protein secondary structures
		Kidney		Liver
		Absorption intensity
Structure	Peak centers (cm⁻¹)	Control	Group 1	Group 2	Control	Group 1	Group 2
α-Helix	1654	0.38 ± 0.005^a	0.34 ± 0.008^b	0.31 ± 0.005^c	0.33 ± 0.008^a	0.34 ± 0.005^a	0.32 ± 0.005^a
β-Sheet	1625, 1632, 1684	0.98 ± 0.016^a	0.86 ± 0.018^b	0.84 ± 0.019^b	0.92 ± 0.011^a	0.77 ± 0.018^b	0.77 ± 0.018^b
Turns and bends	1662, 1669	0.54 ± 0.008^a	0.55 ± 0.016^a	0.47 ± 0.010^b	0.52 ± 0.010^a	0.47 ± 0.013^b	0.46 ± 0.008^b
Random coils	1647	0.41 ± 0.008^a	0.38 ± 0.005^b	0.35 ± 0.005^b	0.40 ± 0.005^a	0.34 ± 0.012^b	0.34 ± 0.008^b

The degree of significance was P ≤ 0.05.

Results are provided in mean values along with standard errors (SE). Different letters a, b, c signify effect of treatment at the same time interval (one-way ANOVA).