Profile of Macro-Micro Mineral and Carotenoids in Pomacea Canaliculata

Abstract

Golden apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata) can lay 15-20 groups of eggs that each group is about 500 eggs. The purpose studi were to determine the content of macro-micro mineral and carotenoids in P. canaliculata from Dramaga Aquatic, Bogor. The study that was done is a measurement of morphometric size and weight in golden apple snail eggs group, analysis of proximate, mineral, and total carotenoids. One group of golden apple snail eggs has length average of 3.7±0.7 cm; width (2.2±0.3) cm; height (1.2±0.3) cm, and weight (4.4±1.4) grams. Results proximate analysis showed that 75.55±3.20% moisture, 13.81±3.37% ash, 3.32±0.22% protein, 0.19±3,37% fat, and 7.12±0,11% carbohydrate. Macro mineral content of golden apple snail eggs from the highest to the lowest were calcium (17925.18±116.64 ppm), natrium (402.92±4.55 ppm), calium (252.02±12.06 ppm), phosphorus (197.28±0.33 ppm), and magnesium (112.29±0.36 ppm). Micro mineral content of golden apple snail eggs showed that copper (10.16±0.33 ppm), iron (7.83±0.14 ppm), and zinc (5.28±0.05 ppm), Carotenoids in golden apple snail eggs was313.48±19.73 ppm. This is higher than the carotenoids in carrots of hybrid various (60.21±0.66 to 79.47±0.42 ppm), flying fish eggs (245.37 ppm) and chinook salmon egg (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) (17.9 ppm).