β-adrenoceptor binding study of β-agonist ((-)NE), β-antagonists (( ± ) propranolol, labetalol) and PDE inhibitors (imazodan, KR-30045, KR-30075 etc.) was performed using (-)-[3H]-DHA, as a non-β1/β2 selective radioligand. In saturation studies, KD and B_{max} of (-)-[3H]-DHA to β-adrenoceptors in rat left ventricle in which both β_1 and β_2 receptors coexist were determined to be 1.5 ± 0.43 nM and 22.0 ± 0.9 fmol/mg protein, respectively. ( ± )Propranolol, labetalol and (-)NE competed for (-)-[3H]-DHA binding sites in an essentialy monophasic manner with Ki=17.0 ± 0.40 nM, 57.3 ± 1.30 nM, and 1.57 ± 0.95μM, respectively. All of PDE inhibitors inhibited the (-)-[3H]-DHA binding by only below 10% even at the high concentration of 10-3M. The present results suggest that propranolol, labetalol and NE are non-β1/β2 selective antagonists and agonist, respectively. Additionally, this study shows that imazodan and new synthesized PDE inhibitors may hardly have the affinities to β-adrenoceptors in cardiac muscle.