There are currently many known benefits of sap inside of the maple tree, which is used to make maple syrup. But there are health benefits that utilize other parts of the maple tree as well. Several researchers at URI’s College of Pharmacy looked for additional health benefits beyond just the sap by analyzing red maple leaves and flowers from maple trees right on the URI Kingston campus. With great success, 25 cancer preventing compounds called phenolics were found from the red maple flowers leaves. These extracts from the maple trees have the ability to slow down the reproduction of colon cancer cells.
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