Uses
''Scutellaria lateriflora'' contains flavonoids. Other skullcaps used for similar purposes include common skullcap , western skullcap , and southern skullcap . Its extracts are used in herbal medicine intended to be a mild sedative and sleep promoter. Skullcap products have been analyzed, with some adulterated by ''Teucrium canadense'' or ''T. chamaedrys'', also known as germander, which contains potentially hepatotoxic diterpenes.β-Elemene in the herb is under preliminary research ''in vitro'', but studies in humans have not confirmed any efficacy. Diterpenes isolated from ''S. barbata'' had cytotoxic activity against three human cancer cell lines ''in vitro''.
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