ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018
Pharmacological Properties of the Medical Maggot: A Novel Therapy Overview.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed.
- Machine learning-based text mining for cutaneous myiasis and potential value of an accidental maggot therapy for complicated skin and soft tissue infection with sepsis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- From pre-oral secretions to gut digestion: How do Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae handle Leishmania major?PloS one · 2025Article
- Procedures for determining the antimicrobial activity of maggot excretions and secretions of the green bottle fly: a narrative literature review.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2025Review
- Animal healer for refractory diseases: Myth or reality?Heliyon · 2024Review
- Cloning, expression and molecular analysis of recombinant Netrin-A protein ofSAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- Pap12-6: A host defense peptide with potent immunomodulatory activity in a chicken hepatic cell culture.PloS one · 2024Article
- The effect of inflammation management on pH, temperature, and bacterial burden.International wound journal · 2023Observational
- Defensins ofInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Novel Biotherapeutics Targeting Biomolecular and Cellular Approaches in Diabetic Wound Healing.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects of polysaccharide extracted from Wuguchong (maggot) on 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene-induced atopic dermatitis in mice.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Maggot Therapy as a Part of a Holistic Approach in the Treatment of Multimorbid Patients with Chronic Ulcer.Clinics and practice · 2021Article
- Parasite-bacteria interrelationship.Parasitology research · 2020Review
- New Insights Into Culturable and Unculturable Bacteria Across the Life History of Medicinal MaggotsFrontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
- Emerging pathogens: A case ofIDCases · 2020Article
- Effectiveness of Chronic Wound Debridement with the Use of Larvae ofJournal of clinical medicine · 2019Review
- Using Maggot Debridement Therapy in Treatment of Necrosis in the Forearm Caused By Docetaxel Extravasation: A Case Report.Iranian journal of parasitologyArticle
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8 authors.
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Abstract
In the last decade, maggot has been hailed as the miraculous "medicinal maggot" for its diverse properties, including antimicrobial, antibiofilm, anti-inflammatory, and wound healing activities. The fact that maggots show so many beneficial properties has increased the interest in these tiny larvae dramatically. Whilst there is relatively abundant clinical evidence to demonstrate the success of maggots as debridement agents, not so much emphasis has been placed on the basic science evidence, which was a combination of physical and biochemical actions. This review differs from those earlier works in that it is undertaken to provide an update of the latest scientific basis published on maggot, particularly active ingredients within maggot excretions/secretions (ES). Further investigations should focus on the isolation, identification, recombination, transgenosis, and mass production of the beneficial molecules within maggots.
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