OriginalEvaluación de la actividad antibacterial de los extractos de cuerpos grasos y hemolinfa derivados de la mosca Sarconesiopsis magellanica (Diptera: Calliphoridae)Assessment of antibacterial activity by fat bodies extracts and hemolymph derived from the blowfly Sarconesiopsis magellanica (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the in vitro antibacterial activity of fat body and hemolymph extracts from Sarconesiopsis magellanica (Diptera: Calliphoridae) third-instar larvae, compared to the effect obtained using the same extracts but derived from Lucilia sericata. S. magellanica blowflies are considered important in forensic sciences due to their usefulness in determining the post mortem interval. This blowfly could be useful in larval therapy due to its necrophagous habits.