PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for eliminating singlet oxygen under a water-soluble condition, and a singlet oxygen eliminating composition.SOLUTION: By the method for eliminating singlet oxygen and the singlet oxygen eliminating composition, a reduced form pyrroloquinoline quinone represented by formula (1) is used to catalytically and efficiently eliminate singlet oxygen at high speed.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】水溶性条件下で一重項酸素を除去する方法及びその組成物の提供。【解決手段】式(1)で表されるピロロキノリンキノン還元体を用いることにより、一重項酸素を触媒的に高速で効率良く除去する方法及び組成物。【選択図】なし