Analysis of Vitamine C Levels in Rice Snail Mucus (Pila ampullacea)

Rice snails are one of the pests that have potential to cause high losses rice plants. snail mucus contains glycosaminoglycans, proteoglycans, glycoprotein enzymes, copper peptides, metal ions, collagen, elastin, glycolic acid, allantoin, antimicrobial peptides and vitamin C. Vitamin C or ascorbic acid is vitamins needed by body functions as a help process in body's metabolism. To determine levels can be done using UV-VIS spectrophotometry method with wavelength 260 nm. This study aims from concentration 100% 50%. descriptive quantitative, analyzing obtained spectrophotometer seen absorbance mucus. Based on results research analysis mucus, 2,372. While 50% were at 0.911. So it concluded there greater than