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Surinam bitterwood comes from Guyana, Colombia, Panama and Argentina, while Jamaica bitterwood comes from the Lesser Antilles, the Caribbean islands and northern Venezuela. The effect of the constituents quassinoids against malaria is of importance; bitterwood teas are used in French Guiana in empirical medicine for the treatment of malaria (Bertani S et al. 2005).
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Empirical medicine: stimulation of appetite and digestion. Malaria therapyin French Guiana.
