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Cornales

Cornales is an order of flowering plants within the asterid clade, including families such as Cornaceae, which contains ecologically and medicinally significant genera like Cornus (dogwoods). Members of Cornales produce diverse secondary metabolites including iridoids, phenolic acids, flavonoids, and triterpenoids, which contribute to their defense mechanisms and pharmacological potential. In biomedical research, Cornales is important for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, and anticancer properties observed in various species. The order is also valuable for chemotaxonomic studies, as its metabolite profiles help clarify evolutionary relationships among early-diverging asterids. Due to its combination of ornamental, ecological, and pharmacologically active species, Cornales serves as a useful bridge between natural product discovery and evolutionary plant science.