Raman and SERS recognition of β-carotene and haemoglobin fingerprints in human whole blood
Raman and SERS recognition of β-carotene and haemoglobin fingerprints in human whole blood
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DOI:
10.1016/j.saa.2011.03.048
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发表时间:
2011-09-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Zerbi, Giuseppe
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作者:
Casella, Michele;Lucotti, Andrea;Zerbi, Giuseppe
The present work reports on Raman and Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) vibrational fingerprints of beta-carotene and haemoglobin in fresh whole blood (i.e. right after blood test) with different laser excitations, i.e. visible (514 nm) and near-infrared (NIR, 785 nm). The use of colloidal silver nanoparticles significantly increases the Raman signal, thus providing a clear SERS spectrum of blood. The collected spectra have been examined and marker bands of beta-carotene and of the haem prosthetic group of haemoglobin have been found.In particular, the fundamental features of beta-carotene (514 nm excitation), blood proteins and haem molecules (785 nm excitation) were recognized and assigned. Moreover haemoglobin SERS signals can be identified and related with its oxygenation state (oxy-haemoglobin). The data reported show the prospects of Raman and SERS techniques to detect important bio-molecules in a whole blood sample with no pre-treatment. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.