This variety of corn, whose cultivation dates back to pre-Hispanic times, is a healthy heritage for humanity. It provides important phytochemicals for health and contains phenolic substances and anthocyanins, which have been shown in studies that can lower blood pressure in hypertensive people and raise the total antioxidant capacity of the blood. Purple corn, is the basis of icons of Peruvian cuisine, such as mazamorra and chicha morada, and is also used as a cleanser, hypotensive and anti-inflammatory.