Abstract:In order to establish the immunoassay method of rotenone, the hapten 4-{2-hydrazinyl}-4-oxobutanoic acid(RH-HS) was synthesized from rotenone. The hapten was conjugated to bovine serum albumin (BSA), with the 1-ethyl-3-3-dimethylaminopropyl carbodiimide (EDC) method and active ester (AE) method to prepare immuneogenⅠand immuneogenⅡ. Corres- ponding antibodies were prepared through the immuneogens in BALB/c mouse. Titers of antibody Ⅰand antibody Ⅱ were 4.10×105 and 8.29×105, respectively. With the experiments about the affinity, specificity of antibodies and the recoveries of rotenone, the results showed that the limit of detection (IC20) for rotenone were 0.440μg/mL and 0.437μg/mL. The percentages of cross-activity to pymetrozine and carbofuran were less than 1.1%, and for the other 4 similar compounds, the antibody Ⅰwas much higher than antibody Ⅱ with the percentage of 56% above. The ELISA which was established by the antibodyⅠ, was content with detecting the similar compounds of rotenone. There was not diversity to compare with HPLC in lineal range and sensitivity. But they had displayed a rapid, simple, effective method in sample preparation.