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Advances in decomposing complex metabolite mixtures using substructure- and network-based computational metabolomics
Mehdi A Beniddir1, Kyo Bin Kang2, Grégory Genta-Jouve3,4
1Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, BioCIS, 5 rue J.-B Clément, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France.
Natural Product Reports
|November 25, 2021
Summary
Computational metabolome mining tools help interpret untargeted metabolomics data by decomposing complex mixtures into substructures and chemical classes. These tools enhance metabolite annotation, profile comparison, and network analysis for biological insights.
Area of Science:
- Metabolomics
- Computational Chemistry
- Bioinformatics
Background:
- Untargeted metabolomics generates complex data.
- Interpreting these mixtures is challenging.
- Recent computational tools offer new solutions.
Purpose of the Study:
- Review computational metabolome mining tools (2015-2020).
- Explain strategies for substructure and chemical class identification.
- Discuss applications in metabolomics analysis.
Main Methods:
- Focus on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) fragmentation data.
- Define substructures, molecular fingerprints, and chemical classes.
- Demonstrate tools using case studies.
Main Results:
- Novel tools enable mining of substructures and chemical classes.
- Mass spectral networks can be created from metabolomics data.
- NMR spectroscopy offers potential for metabolome mining.
Conclusions:
- Computational tools significantly advance metabolomics data interpretation.
- These methods benefit natural products discovery, pharmacokinetics, and environmental studies.
- Future development aims for repository-scale metabolomics analyses.
