Since 2002, we have started a survey of the diversity of fungal endophytes distributed in China and its secondary
metabolites with antifungal and antitumor activities. We have isolated many bioactive metabolites, including
cercosporamide along with new a-tetralone derivative (3S)-3,6, 7-trihydroxy-a-tetralone from endophytic Phoma sp. of
Arisaema erubescens (Wang et al. 2011), trichodermin from endophytic Trichoderma sp. of Taxus mairei (Chen
et al. 2008), etc. This paper reports the isolation and bioactive metabolites of an endophytic fungus Nigrospora
sp. LLGLM003 from the medicinal plant Moringa oleifera Lam. M. oleifera, a small deciduous tree, is the most
widely known species of Moringaceae family and widely distributed in Asia Minor, Africa, the Indian subcontinent
(Morton 1991). Traditionally, its root, bark, pod, leave are used in medicine for the treatment of a variety of human
ailments whereas pods and young leaves are used as vegetables (Siddhuraju and Becker 2003).