The invention discloses a novel application of 
gossypol acetate in the field of 
pharmacy, and in particular relates to an application of 
gossypol acetate in preparing medicines for preventing, relieving and / or treating reye'
s syndrome, and belongs to the field of 
pharmacy. Reye'
s syndrome is a cryptogenic acute 
encephalopathy syndrome in the childhood phase, and studies discover that loss or 
mutation of MeCP2 
gene has a direct causal relationship with the reye'
s syndrome, and loss of the MeCP2 
gene can cause reye's syndrome developing on a mouse. Experiments indicate that the content of the MeCP2 
gene in the brain of a rat can be remarkably increased by administrating the rat with 
gossypol acetate, so that the content of the MeCP2 gene in the brain of a patient can be remarkably increased by using the 
gossypol acetate for preventing, relieving and treating the reye's syndrome caused by MeCP2 
mutation, the development of the nerve 
cell of the patient can be promoted, functions of the 
nervous system can be restored, and the possibility of healing the patient can be increased. Therefore, according to the application of the 
gossypol acetate in preparing the 
medicine for resisting reye's syndrome, the 
medicine can be used for preventing, relieving and / or treating the reye's syndrome.