The ex vivo effects of ethanolic extractions of black cumin seed, turmeric root, and Ceylon cinnamon bark on the human gut microbiota

• Karley K. Mahalak ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Karley.Mahalak@usda.gov

  Affiliation Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States of America Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8638-1718

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• Adrienne B. Narrowe,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States of America Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2000-088X

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• LinShu Liu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States of America Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Jenni Firrman,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States of America Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9586-5204

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• Johanna M. S. Lemons,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States of America Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5973-5808

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• Pieter Van den Abbeele,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cryptobiotix SA, Ghent, Belgium

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• Aurélien Baudot,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cryptobiotix SA, Ghent, Belgium

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• Yuanhang Yao,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

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• Yanfang Li,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

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• Liangli Yu

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

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