1. Wickens GE, Goodin JR, Field DV (1984) Plants for arid lands. George Allen and Unwin, London, pp 231–241
2. Holland B, Welch AA, Unwin ID, Buss DH, Paul AA (1995) Southgate DAT, McCance and Widdowson’s—the composition of foods, 5th edn. The Royal Society of Chemistry and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, UK, pp 223–321
3. Yaniv Z, Shabelsky E, Schafferman D (1999) Colocynth: potential arid land oilseed from an ancient cucurbit. In: Janick J (eds) Perspectives on new crops and new uses. ASHS, Alexandria, VA, pp 257–261
4. Akoh CC, Nwosu CV (1992) Fatty acid composition of melon seed oil lipids and phospholipids. J Am Oil Chem Soc 69:314–316
5. Dieffenbacher A, Pocklington WD (1987) Standard methods for the analysis of oils, fats, and derivatives. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry/Blackwell, Oxford