Abstract: The present invention provides a prophylactic or therapeutic agent, a pharmaceutical composition and a health-promoting food, which are used for human or other animal for the inhibition of the onset or progress of liver cancer, namely, an inhibitor of the onset or progress of liver cancer, which contains isoleucine, leucine and valine as active ingredients, wherein the weight ratio of isoleucine, leucine and valine is preferably 1:1.5 to 2.5:0.8 to 1.7 and the daily dose is 2.0 g to 50.0 g.

Abstract: A polishing pad is placed on a polishing apparatus including a polishing platen which is rotatable and on which the polishing pad is placed, a substrate retaining mechanism, and a supplying mechanism for supplying a polishing agent on an upper surface of the polishing pad, the polishing pad having grooves extending from the center of the polishing pad to the outer edge thereof, the groove becoming gradually deeper from the center of the polishing pad toward the outer edge portion thereof so that the depth of the groove is the largest at the outer edge portion, thereby allowing a slurry to be smoothly discharged from the upper surface of the polishing platen.

Abstract: The present invention provides a prophylactic or therapeutic agent, a pharmaceutical composition and a health-promoting food, which are used for human or other animal for the inhibition of the onset or progress of liver cancer, namely, an inhibitor of the onset or progress of liver cancer, which contains isoleucine, leucine and valine as active ingredients, wherein the weight ratio of isoleucine, leucine and valine is preferably 1:1.5 to 2.5:0.8 to 1.7 and the daily dose is 2.0 g to 50.0 g.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions which contain isoleucine, leucine, valine, and alanine as active ingredients, are useful for treating liver diseases such as hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, and the like via maintenance and improvement of albumin level in blood. In preferred embodiments, the mass ratio of isoleucine:leucine:valine is 1:1.9 to 2.2:1.1 to 1.3; the mass ratio of the total mass of isoleucine, leucine and valine: alanine is 1:0.05 to 10; and a daily dose per person contains isoleucine in an amount of 0.2-30.0 g, leucine in an amount of 0.2-30.0 g, valine in an amount of 0.2-30.0 g, and alanine in an amount of 0.2-50.0 g.