Introduction
Endophytic fungi are considered as novel sources for bioactive compounds that have important applications in the fields of agriculture and medicine. These fungi may possess the potential to produce bioactive compounds, and this potential toproduce bioactive compounds is equal or similar to that of their host. Studies have shown positive symbiosis between. endophytic fungi and their hosts. For example, the secondary metabolites of endophytic fungi can facilitate the growth of their host plants directly or indirectly and improve host resistance to abiotic or biotic stresses Substantial renewed attention is now being paid to endophytic fungi, which have inhibitory activity toward pathogenic fungi5and play an indispensable role in fungal biocontrol. Recently, an endophytic fungal strain was isolated by Santiago et al.7from the Cinnamomum mollissimum plant. One bioactivity of a metabolite