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The ability of maggots to promote healing of lacerations on skin wounds is the result of their secretion of the chemical allantoin. A less offensive source of allantoin is the synthetic form. Synthetic allantoin is available today to accelerate wound healing and is used in skin ulcer therapy when applied topically (similar uses exist in veterinary medicine). An alternative theory to explain the maggots mechanism of action is that they secrete antimicrobial waste products such as ammonium, calcium, or other bicarbonates that break down only the necrotic tissue in wounds these secretions also change the alkalinity of the wound to help it to heal. 

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