Endophytic fungi grow within their plant host without causing apparent disease symptoms. In their symbiotic association, the host plant protects and feeds the endophyte, which in return produces bioactive metabolites to enhance the growth and competitiveness of the host and to protect it from herbivores and plant pathogens [1]. They are recognized as producers of a vast array of secondary metabolites, many of them with promising bioactivities [1][2][3]. Azadirachta indica A. Juss (Meliaceae), commonly known as "neem," is of considerable economic importance. Our previous investigation of endophytic fungi from A. indica resulted in some new bioactive compounds [4,5]. In continuous work, we have studied the secondary metabolites of Xylaria sp. YC-10 from A. indica and obtained 11 compounds.The fungal strain Xylaria sp. YC-10 was isolated from the stem of A. indica collected in Yuanjiang County, Yunnan Province, P. R. China. It was classified as a Xylaria species by its morphological characteristics and its rDNA sequence analysis. The strain was deposited in Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Kunming, P. R. China.The fungus was cultured in 500 mL Erlenmeyer flasks (u 200) containing 100 mL of PDB medium at 200 rpm at 28qC for 6 days on a rotary shaker. The culture broth was filtered to remove mycelia. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to 5 L and then exhaustively extracted with EtOAc (3 u 5 L). After removal of the solvent in vacuum, the resulting residue (30.6 g) was subjected to column chromatography on silica gel eluting with petroleum-acetone (5:1-1:1) to afford seven fractions (I-VII). Fraction I was repeatedly subjected to column chromatography on silica gel with petroleum-acetone (20:1) to give compound 2 (18 mg). Repeated chromatography of fraction II on RP-18 silica gel with MeOH-H 2 O (8:2) and petroleum-EtOAc (7:3) afforded compound 1 (30 mg). Fraction III was submitted to column chromatography on RP-18 silica gel with MeOH-H 2 O gradient (6:4, 8:2) to afford compounds 3 (50 mg) and 9 (26 mg). Fraction IV was repeatedly chromatographed on Sephadex LH-20 with MeOH and RP-18 silica gel with MeOH-H 2 O gradient (1:1, 6:4, 7:3) to yield compounds 6 (25 mg) and 11 (93 mg). Fraction V was submitted to repeated column chromatography on RP-18 silica gel with MeOH-H 2 O gradient (1:1, 6:4) and silica gel with CHCl 3 -MeOH gradient (9:1, 8:2) to afford 4 (32 mg), 5 (8 mg). Fraction VI was repeatedly subjected to column chromatography on Sephadex LH-20 with MeOH and RP-18 silica gel with MeOH-H 2 O gradient (3:7, 6:4) to give compounds 7 (24 mg), 8 (46 mg), and 10 (35 mg).The compounds were identified using NMR and mass spectrometry by comparison with reported spectroscopic data in the literature and determined as 5-hydroxymellein (1) [6], 5-methylmellein (2) [7], 5-carboxymellein (3) [7,8], hymatoxin C (4) [9], hymatoxin D (5) [9], halorosellinic acid (6) [8], cerebroside C (7) [10], (2S,3S,4R,2cR)-2-(2c-hydroxytetracosanoylamino)octadecane-1,3,4-triol (8) [11], cerevisterol (9) [12], adenosine (10...