Professor Navindra Seeram, Ph.D., has been studying the health benefits of maple since 2009. His research focuses on investigating medicinal plants and their derived natural products for preventive and therapeutic effects against chronic human diseases. He has studied the health benefits of several antioxidant and polyphenol-rich foods including berries, tart cherries, and pomegranates. In 2009, […]
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Maxime Delisle-Houde, Russell Tweddell. (2019). Sugar maple autumn-shed leaf extract: a potential antibacterial agent for the management of lettuce bacterial leaf spot. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.1139/CJPS-2019-0040
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October 23, 2018: A new, federally funded initiative at the University of Rhode Island will promote the maple industry throughout the Northeast, stressing the sustainability and market value of this local crop and the potential health benefits of maple food products. The United States Department of Agriculture’s Acer Access and Development Program has awarded nearly […]
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Ma, H; Seeram N.P. 256th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2018. (Oral).
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Slitt A.; Ma, H.; DaSilva N.; Picard C.; Pfohl M.; Martell E.; Abustan M.; Seeram N.P. 253rd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, San Francisco, CA April 2-6, 2017. (Oral).
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Ma, H.; DaSilva N.; Johnson S.; Liu W.; Dain J.A.; Seeram N.P. 253rd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, San Francisco, CA April 2-6, 2017. (Oral).
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Liu W.; Ma, H.; Wei Z.; Dain J.; Seeram N.P. 253rd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017. (Oral).
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Ma, H.; Liu, W.; Nahar, P.; DaSilva, N.; Wei, Z.; Pham, P.; Vattem, D.; Seeram, N.P. 251st American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2016. (Oral).
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Nahar, P.; Slitt, A.L.; Seeram, N.P. 250th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 16-20, 2015. (Poster).
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Yuan, T.; Seeram, N.P. 247th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Texas, Dallas, March 16-20, 2014. (Oral).
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