**4. Conclusions**

Corn is a cereal with excellent nutritional qualities due to its resistant fiber, carotenoids, and polyphenols content. Moreover, the possibility of obtaining peptides with a great biological activity also contributes to nutraceutical qualities to corn. Regarding this, pigmented corn also contains anthocyanins, natural pigments that, in addition to their antioxidant properties, can modulate intracellular signals in different tissues of the organism. All the above makes corn a functional food to prevent the incidence of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, obesity, and neurodegenerative disorders. Likewise, a diet that includes corn can be implemented during the treatment of these diseases. However, it remains necessary to carry out more studies that highlight the efficiency of corn byproduct consumption during the incidence of such diseases.
