Nucleic acid — FTIR absorption peaks and assignments
These are the characteristic FTIR wavenumbers where Nucleic acid tends to absorb, compiled from published literature and ranked by supporting evidence. Each assignment is traceable to a source (DOI) and cross-validated against our 130,000+ reference spectra and knowledge graph.
Backed by 8 cited sources
Characteristic FTIR peaks for Nucleic acid
| Wavenumber (cm⁻¹) | Supporting facts | Cited sources | Top confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1081 | 3 | 2 | 0.8 |
| 966 | 2 | 2 | 0.8 |
| 1080 | 2 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1235 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 1090 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 1140 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1040 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1280 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1180 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1050 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 785 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1031 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 967 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 2922 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 2854 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1225 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1121 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1655 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 965 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1074 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 879 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 721 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 950 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1744 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1082 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1087 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1094 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1241 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1661 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1653 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
Showing the 30 best-supported peaks of 43 total for Nucleic acid.
Literature behind these assignments
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1090 cm⁻¹ confidence 1.0
“Explicit assignment: 'DNA bands regions at 1090'”
Boydston-White 等 - 2006 - Cell-cycle-dependent variations in FTIR micro-spec DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.04.018. -
1080 cm⁻¹ confidence 0.9
“Mentioned as DNA region.”
Fogarty 等 - 2013 - Sub-cellular spectrochemical imaging of isolated h DOI: 10.1039/c2an36197c -
2854 cm⁻¹ confidence 0.9
“Explicit: 'absorption peak near 2854-2922' associated with nucleic acid content.”
Qiu 等 - 2020 - Analyses of the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectra DOI: 10.1134/S0030400X2008041X -
967 cm⁻¹ confidence 0.9
“Explicit assignment: '967 -PO significant in the cells treated with mixture and UVB radiation - Proteins and nucleic acids'”
Di Giambattista 等 - 2010 - UVB radiation induced effects on cells studied by DOI: 10.1007/s00249-009-0446-9 -
1031 cm⁻¹ confidence 0.9
“Text states 'characteristic of nucleic acid vibrations at 1031'.”
Hughes 等 - 2012 - Investigating cellular responses to novel chemothe DOI: 10.1039/C2AN35632E -
785 cm⁻¹ confidence 0.9
“Explicit assignment from text: '785-788 NucleicAcid'”
Ravera 等 - 2020 - Vibrational Spectroscopy for In Vitro Monitoring S DOI: 10.3390/molecules25235554 -
1050 cm⁻¹ confidence 0.9
“Text states 'This peak arises mainly from carbohydrate and nucleic acid'.”
Salman 等 - 2010 - FTIR spectroscopy for detection and identification DOI: 10.3233/SPE-2010-0448 -
1180 cm⁻¹ confidence 0.9
“Text: 'DNA (1180-1280cm-1)'”
Srisongkram 等 - 2020 - Evaluation of Melanoma (SK-MEL-2) Cell Growth betw DOI: 10.3390/ijms21114141
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