OBJECTIVE To explore the improvement effect and mechanism of acacetin on juvenile asthma rats based on the silence information regulator 1 （SIRT1）/AMP-activated protein kinase （AMPK） signaling pathway. METHODS Juvenile SD rats were randomly divided into control group， asthma group， acacetin group （13.33 mg/kg， gavage）， SIRT inhibitor EX-527 group （1 mg/kg， intraperitoneal injection） and acacetin+EX-527 group （13.33 mg/kg acacetin， gavage+1 mg/kg EX-527， intraperitoneal injection）， with 12 rats in each group （half male and half female）. Except for the control group， the other groups were sensitized by intraperitoneal injection of ovalbumin and nebulized inhalation of ovalbumin to induce the asthma model. After modeling， rats in each drug group were orally administered or （and） intraperitoneally injected with the corresponding medication once a day for 2 weeks. After the last administration， the total number of cells， the proportion of eosinophils， and the levels of interleukin-5 （IL-5）， IL-4 and tumor necrosis factor-α （TNF-α） in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid （BALF） were measured. The pathological changes and abnormal proliferation of goblet cells in lung tissue were observed， the levels of malondialdehyde （MDA） and superoxide dismutase （SOD） in lung tissue and the protein expressions of SIRT1, AMPK and peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma co-activator factor-1α（PGC-1α） were detected. RESULTS Compared with control group， there was a large number of inflammatory cell infiltration and obvious goblet cell dysplasia in the lung tissue of rats in asthma group； the total number of cells in BALF， the proportion of eosinophils， the levels of IL-5， IL-4 and TNF-α in BALF， PAS score and MDA level in the lung tissue were significantly increased （P＜0.05）； the SOD level， protein expressions of SIRT1 and PGC-1α and protein phosphorylation level of AMPK in lung tissue were significantly decreased in asthma group （P＜0.05）. Compared with the asthma group， the pathological changes of lung tissue and goblet cell dysplasia of rats were reduced， and all quantitative indexes were significantly improved in acacetin group （P＜0.05）， while the pathological changes of lung tissue and goblet cell dysplasia of rats were increased， and all quantitative indexes were significantly worsened in EX-527 group （P＜ 0.05）. The combination of EX-527 could significantly reverse the effects of acacetin on oxidative stress and airway inflammation in juvenile asthma rats. CONCLUSIONS Acacetin can inhibit oxidative stress and airway inflammation in juvenile asthma rats，which may be related to the activation of the SIRT1/AMPK jinanlvshishen@163.com signaling pathway.