Table 2.

Weight of fetal organs at term

	Untreated		NAC‐treated
	Control	IUGR	Control	IUGR
Brain (g)	2.33 ± 0.05	2.03 ± 0.06 a	2.25 ± 0.07	2.25 ± 0.03 b
Heart (g)	0.59 ± 0.03	0.36 ± 0.03 a	0.51 ± 0.05	0.51 ± 0.05 b
Lungs (g)	1.88 ± 0.05	1.45 ± 0.20 a	1.83 ± 0.13	1.67 ± 0.14
Liver (g)	5.07 ± 0.23	2.21 ± 0.18 a	4.72 ± 0.56	3.99 ± 0.66 a,b
Spleen (g)	0.10 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.02
Kidney (g)	0.39 ± 0.01	0.24 ± 0.02 a	0.36 ± 0.02	0.31 ± 0.01 a,b
Brain/liver ratio	0.46 ± 0.01	0.92 ± 0.05 a	0.48 ± 0.03	0.56 ± 0.03 a,b

Values expressed as mean ± SEM. ^a P < 0.05 vs untreated control; ^b P < 0.05 vs untreated IUGR, ANOVA.