research conducted by researchers at the Department of Pharmacology, of the University of Cape Coast has revealed that herb-based alcoholic beverages do not enhance or exert a beneficial effect on male reproductive function.
According to the research, they are “rather toxic to sperms”.
The researchers, led by Dr. Robert Peter Biney, in their paper titled, “Effects of three herb-based alcoholic beverages manufactured in Ghana on sperm characteristics and reproductive hormones in rats” which was published in the 2020 edition of the Scientific African journal, found damaging effects of 3 Ghanaian herb-based alcoholic beverages on sperms of rats.
Most advertisements for alcoholic beverages in Ghana entice consumers with herbal constituents believed to enhance sexual performance, although, alcohol has been known to negatively affect fertility.
These beverages contained plants such as Khaya senegalensis or ‘Kuntunkuri’, Xylopia aethiopica or ‘hwentia’, Anthocleista nobilis or ‘Bontodee’, and ginger as the base herbs.
With little known about the impact of herbal components of these alcoholic beverages on fertility, the study wanted to evaluate the effects of selected alcoholic beverages manufactured in Ghana on male reproductive function, using rats.
Laboratory rats were then given the herbal alcoholic beverages for 21 days after which the scientists collected blood samples, removed their testes, and analysed them.
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