Dipartimento di Chimica, Università della Calabria, cubo 12/C, I-87030 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.
Abstract:
A high-throughput method is presented for the determination of rotenone in contaminated matrices. The procedure involves atmospheric pressure chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry with a triple-quadrupole instrument and the use as internal standard of a cycloadduct derivative of rotenone itself. The method was applied to the evaluation of the decay of rotenone in olives and olive oil at various times after exposure to the contaminant.