"The perennial plant Turmeric, a member of the ginger family, is widely used in the East Indies, Madagascar and most of the Pacific islands. Nature's Plus Herbal Actives Turmeric rhizome extract is uniformly standardized to a minimum of 95% (380 mg) curcumin to guarantee that each and every capsule provides consistent potency and activity. Each capsule, providing the greatest concentration of active botanical principles, maximizes the synergistic benefits of the whole rhizome, which naturally contains turmerone and zingiberine. "