Table 2.

Activation energies (kJ·mol⁻¹) of each substrate for different α values.

Sl. No.	α	Potato Starch	β-Cyclodextrin	Dextran	Agar-Agar	Tamarind	Chitosan
1	0.2	169	143	169	141	123	191
2	0.3	175	152	183	143	165	160
3	0.4	178	154	202	138	182	*
4	0.5	187	161	220	140	213	168
5	0.6	236	169	249	#	#	167
	† STDEV	27.1	9.78	31.4	2.08	37.5	13.5

* The linear plot obtained when α = 0.4 turned out to be unreliable, as revealed by the corresponding value of E_a < 50 units, which can be considered as incredibly low. # No linear fit of the data was obtained for tamarind or agar-agar (for α = 0.6). ^† Standard deviation for the values of the apparent activation energy for different substrates.