Research Article

Real-Time and In Situ Evaluation of Phycocyanin Concentration in Spirulina platensis Cultivation System by Using Portable Raman Spectroscopy

Table 4

The assignment of characteristic Raman peaks of Spirulina.

Raman shift ()AssignmentAnalytes

997δ (ring)Phenylalanine
1152δ (CH)β-Carotene
1272Amide III, ν (C-N)Proteins
δ (CH3), δ (CH)β-Carotene
1337Τ (CH3CH2), ω (CH3CH2)Proteins
1432δ (CH2)Proteins, lipids
1518C = C stretchingβ-Carotene
1599C = C stretchingβ-Carotene