Biotransformation of benzoylheteratisine in the animal organism and biological activity of its main metabolite

The metabolism of the alkaloid benzoylheteratisine in the animal organism has been studied and it has been shown that its main metabolic product is heteratisine. In experiments on various models of arrhythmia the antiarrhythmic activity of heteratisine proved to be lower than that of benzoylheteratisine.