Contribution to the study of antimicrobial activity of crude extracts from leaves and bark of phytolacca dodecandra (umuhoko) against neisseria gonorrhoea and candida albicans

Sexually transmitted diseases are more frequent all over the World including Rwanda, our beloved country. Long time ago, the medicinal plants have been used by practitioners to treat different types of diseases including sexually transmitted diseases. In that case, we carried out this research work to reveal the impact of medicinal plant named Phytolacca dodecandra whose vernacular name is “Umuhoko” in reduction of some sexual related diseases. Normally, this plant has been used in treatment of different diseases such us diarrhea, injuries, respiratory infections, typhoid fever, bacterial and fungal related diseases.