ABSTRACT

Euphorbia antisyphilitica is a plant used to obtain a material of commercial value: candelilla wax, which is exuded by this plant for protection from extreme environments Chihuahua Desert. This wax has unique properties that make it be a high demand material, these properties make it a material of high demand for applications in both food and drugs, its properties are highly appreciated by the cosmetic industry, is a natural material that has positioned itself between the next-generation materials. Their properties have placed this wax in a very wide range of products that are marketed around the world. Although its extraction presented great obstacles technological, social and environmental, their properties and vegetable origin make that maintains its status among the three natural waxes of greater commercial interests. It is expected that in the Mexican countryside problems that adversely affect the Euphorbia Antisyphilitica wax market. The objective of this chapter is to collect information about the factors that affect the market for this wax better known by its trade name like Candelilla wax, the factors that represent an advantage for the market of this wax as their weaknesses are presented, addition to the background that have shaped this market.