There are extremely low contents of free fatty acids in biological matrices.Lacking of ionized groups in the chemical structures of free fatty acids leadsnhance the response of mass spectrometry by modifying the chemical structures of free fatty to the poor ionization and sensitivity in mass spectrometry analysis.It is an effective way to e acids through derivatization technique.In recent years,chromatography-mass spectrometry combined with the chemical derivatization has been widely used in fatty acid analysis.The progresses in analysis of free fatty acids by chromatography-mass spectrometry based on chemical derivatization and its application are summarized in this paper.