LC-MS/MS is a major analytical platform for metabolomics, which has become a recent hotspot in the research fields of life and environmental sciences. By contrast, structure elucidation of small molecules based on LC-MS/MS data remains a major challenge in the chemical and biological interpretation of untargeted metabolomics datasets. In recent years, several strategies for structure elucidation using LC-MS/MS data from complex biological samples have been proposed, these strategies can be simply categorized into two types, one based on structure annotation of mass spectra and for the other on retention time prediction. These strategies have helped many scientists conduct research in metabolite-related fields and are indispensable for the development of future tools. Here, we summarized the characteristics of the current tools and strategies for structure elucidation of small molecules based on LC-MS/MS data, and further discussed the directions and perspectives to improve the power of the tools or strategies for structure elucidation.
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