A Microethnographic and Ethnobotanical Approach to Llayta Consumption among Andes Feeding Practices

Llayta is a dietary supplement that has been used by rural communities in Per&#250; and northern Chile since pre-Columbian days. Llayta is the biomass of colonies of a <i>Nostoc</i> cyanobacterium grown in wetlands of the Andean highlands, harvested, sun-dried and sold as an ingredie...

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Main Authors: Mailing Rivera, Alexandra Galetović, Romina Licuime, Benito Gómez-Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Foods
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/7/12/202