Effect of some Nigerian traditional alcoholic beverages on the estrous cycle and histological assessment of the ovaries and uterus of albino rats

Alcohol related health challenges have lingered over the years. Such associated with locally brewed alcoholic beverages received little attention. The urgency to explore this becomes imperative. This study aimed at evaluating effect of regular consumption local on estrous cycle and histological image ovaries uterus thus fertility female albino rats. Thirty screened rats weighing 180-220g were divided into five groups daily administered each 10ml/kg pito, burukutu, ogogoro, goskolo 0.5ml/kg normal saline respectively for 21 days. Effect as well histopathological evaluation was carried out isolated uterus. Results showed significant increase proestrous phase ingestion ogogorogo goskolo. Also histology ovary basically without obvious pathological changes while there alteration parameters by marked formation fibrosis, corpus luteum cyst resulting immature ovarian follicle, ogogoro follicle multiple follicular in complete collapse section. traditional revealed classical effects drinks way architecture tissues. Pito, a reprotoxic deleterious