A. terreus was isolated from the internal tissue of the healthy roots of Carthamus lanatus L. (Asteraceae), which collected from the wildly growing plant at Al-Azhar University campus in February 2013. Mass growth of the fungus for the isolation and identification of its metabolites was carried out in 1 L Erlenmeyer flasks (each flask containing 100 mL of distilled water were added to 100 g commercially available rice and kept overnight prior to autoclaving). The fungus was grown on rice solid medium (8 flasks) at room temperature under septic conditions for 4 weeks.