“…There have been a number of reports of sympathomimetic activity, cardiotonic effects and antihypertensive activity for substituted phenylalkyl-imidazoles and -imidazolines (Tuttle et al, 1975;Lucas et al, 1983;Machin et al, 1984;Hamada et al, 1985). We therefore turned our attention to the interaction of phenylalkyl heterocycles with DBM, since there has been increasing interest in this enzyme as a target for pro-drugs or inhibitors designed as possible modulators of adrenergic outflow (May et al, 1981a;Herman et al, 1983;Mangold & Klinman, 1984;Bargar et al, 1986;Kruse et al, 1986). In the present paper we report on the Abbreviations used: DBM, dopamine ,B-mono-oxygenase; g.c., gas chromatography; BI, l-benzylimidazole; 4-HOBI, 1-(4-hydroxybenzyl)imidazole; 3,4-DiHOBI, 1-(3,4-dihydroxybenzyl)imidazole; 4-HOMeBI, 1-(4-hydroxybenzyl)-2-methylimidazole; PEI, 2-phenethylimidazole; 4-HOBP, 1-(4-hydroxybenzyl)pyrazole; 4-HOBA, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde.…”