Abstract:Objective: To investigate the protective mechanism of dry powder of sea cucumber cooking liquid on acute liver injury mice, which will provide evidences in developing function food for liver protection. Methods: Acute liver injury models established by intraperitoneal injection of CCl4 corn oil solution with a volume fraction of 5% in mice. The activities of antioxidant enzyme and the contents of oxidation product were determined in serum and liver. Liver tissue was stained with H & E and immunohistochemistry for observing the of SCCL on mice liver histopathology. Expression of Nrf2, Keap-1, HO-1, NQO-1 mRNA were measured by qRT-PCR. Results: Compared with model group, the groups of SCCL, antioxidant enzyme activities significantly increased and oxidation product contents were declined significantly in serum and liver; the liver histomorphology was improved; expression levels of Nrf2, Keap-1, HO-1, NQO-1 were improved in the SCCL groups. Conclusion: The SCCL enhanced the antioxidant activity, ameliorateorganism damage by oxidative stress, effectively protect the acute liver injury by CCl4 in mice.