Guar gum and sesame oil based novel bigels for controlled drug delivery

- Guar gum and sesame oil based novel bigels were developed and characterized.
- Bigels with higher proportions of organogel showed higher viscosity and firmness.
- Bigels were viscoelastic and showed shear-thinning behavior.
- Ciprofloxacin loaded bigels showed diffusion mediated controlled release of the drug.