“…Two pretreatment modes of HS and HS-SPME were applied to the aromatic assay of agarwood to compare the capacity to microextract aromatic components, which suggested that the sensitivity of the HS-SPME extraction method is more suitable for analyzing the aromatic components of agarwood. Conversely, compared with DVB-CAR-PDMS fiber, there is greater mechanical reliability, higher sensitivity and faster extraction efficiency with the Arrow method, 17,18 also as evidenced by its ability to extract the most intense peak intensity profiles (Fig. S4, ESI†).…”