Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1250093 | Vibrational Spectroscopy | 2006 | 6 Pages |
Aim of the present investigation is the study of the effects of the electromagnetic field (EMF) on biological samples, namely rat kidney and heart tissues, exposed to a 900 MHz non-ionizing radiation, by using the combination of two different spectroscopic methods, namely Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) absorbance and optical microscopy. The FT-IR spectral features, collected in the CH stretching and OH stretching vibrational region (2500–3700 cm−1), revealed consistent alterations passing from the control tissue samples to those irradiated. Emphasis is made on the high frequency OH stretching band, for which a vibrational assignment of the observed sub-bands has been made. The spectroscopic results give quantitative information that are related to, and appear in full agreement with, the morphological observations carried out by optical microscopy measurements.