this is a prospective randomized placebo-controlled double-blinded trial investigating the effect of plant extracts from Alpinia galanga and Punica granatum on human semen quality. The investigators hypothesize that these plant extracts will improve semen quality.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
70
Tablets, two in the morning and two in the evening
Tablets, two in the morning and two in the evening
Laboratory of Reproductive Biology
Horsens, Denmark
Count of motile sperm per ejaculate
Time frame: Each participant is given plant extract for three months with flanking semen analyses.
Morphology: percentage of morphologically abnormal sperm in the ejaculate
If we find an increase in the primary outcome measure in data from participants receiving plant extracts and not in those receiving placebo tablets, we wish to further investigate whether sperm morphology also improves when consuming the plant extracts, e.g. whether the percentage of abnormal sperm in an ejaculate decreases in the group of participants receiving the active plant extracts
Time frame: Each participant is given plant extract for three months with flanking semen analyses.
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