Prebiotic Potential of Culinary Spices Used to Support Digestion and Bioabsorption

Table 1

Digestive herbal medicines examined in the current study. Selected common names and family information are shown. Curcuma longa (common name: turmeric), Zingiber officinale (common name: ginger), Piper longum (common name: pipli or long pepper), and Piper nigrum (common name: black pepper).

Species	Common Name	Family
Curcuma longa	turmeric	Zingiberaceae
Zingiber officinale	ginger	Zingiberaceae
Piper longum	pipli or long pepper	Piperaceae
Piper nigrum	black pepper	Piperaceae