Table 2. The absorption bands of lipids in the IR spectra of saliva.

Absorption Band, cm-1

Literary Data, cm-1 [14, 15]

Types of Vibrations

Spectrum Interpretation

970

967-972

νasC=С

trans conformation of the carbon skeleton

1082

1075-1090

νsPO2

phospholipids

1180

1160-1179

νasC-O

ester bonds in lipids

1400

1400

νC=O + δsCH3

fatty acid aliphatic chains

1460

1454–1473

δCH2, δasCH3

fatty acid aliphatic chains

1735

1720–1740

νC=O

lipids, cholesterol esters, fatty acid oxides

2850

2847–2855

νsCH2

lipids, long chain fatty acids

2875

2872–2875

νsCH3

lipids, fatty acids

2930

2915–2924

νasCH2

lipids, long chain fatty acids

2950

2955–2960

νasCH3

lipids, cholesterol esters, fatty acids

Note. ν - stretching vibrations (νs - symmetric, νas - asymmetric), δ - deformation vibrations