“…Selective 01-agonists are more uncommon but a few examples exist. Increases in rate and force of cardiac contraction with little effect upon vascular P-adrenoreceptors have been reported in anaesthetized cat and dog for the 0-adrenoreceptor stimulant ITP (tazolol) (Roszkowski, Strosberg, Miller, Edwards, Berkoz, Lewis, Halpern & Fried, 1972;Lockwood & Lum, 1974), although in these laboratories (Lumley, 1980) and elsewhere (Clark & Poyser, 1977) it appears t o be an extremely weak agonist on isolated atria. Another agonist exhibiting selectivity for the 0-adrenoreceptors of cardiac, rather than uterine and lung preparations, is R0363, in which an oxymethylene group is inserted between the catecholamine ring and the ethanolamine side chain (Iakovidis, Malta, McPherson & Raper, 1980).…”