ABSTRACT

Appetite is the desire to eat and this usually initiates food intake. It explains that, appetite exists in all higher life forms and serves to regulate adequate energy intake to maintain metabolic needs. Hunger and appetite encourage eating, while satiation and satiety stop eating. Most people have experienced a temporary loss of appetite. This is rarely a worrisome symptom unless it lasts for more than a day or two. It can also be a sign of a serious underlying condition, such as depression or cancer cachexia. Appetite stimulants have been used to help overcome decreased appetite. A few examples of stimulants are megestrol acetate (MA), cyproheptadine hydrochloride (CH), cannabinoids, hydrazine sulfate, anabolic hormones, and growth hormone. Currently, the most widely prescribed medication for anorexia is cyproheptadine hydrochloride. However, the clinical uses of cyproheptadine hydrochloride is limited by its side effects such as somnolence, excitation, hallucinations, ataxia, tachycardia, and muscle twitching, etc. this study evaluated the appetite stimulating effect of quail egg on male wistar albino rats. The result obtained from this study (P>0.05) indicates that quail egg may not have appetite stimulating effect. A total of 20 male wistar albino rats were used for the study. Quail egg also known as cotumix quail (cotumix Japonica) is a species of old world quail found in East Asia. First considered a sub-species for the common quail to be distinguished as its own species in 1983.