# GlowPulse Fungal Acne (Malassezia) Ingredient Safety Checker

> GlowPulse Fungal Acne (Malassezia) Ingredient Safety Checker is a paid API for AI agents from glowpulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Screens a skincare product ingredient list for fungal-acne (Malassezia/pityrosporum folliculitis) safety by flagging risky lipid-chain-length ingredients vs. confirmed safe ones, grounded in mycology and lipid-chemistry literature.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://glowpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/glow/fungal-acne-check
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/glowpulse-fungal-acne-malassezia-ingredient-safety-checker-23e2ea0e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_nhP3de025EKJVnWpXMtwV

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability glowpulse-fungal-acne-malassezia-ingredient-safety-checker-23e2ea0e
```

Example prompt: Can you check if this ingredient list is safe for fungal acne — Niacinamide, Cetearyl Alcohol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sodium Hyaluronate, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Phenoxyethanol? Flag anything that could feed Malassezia.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when the user specifically needs a fungal-acne (Malassezia/pityrosporum folliculitis) safety screen for skincare ingredients — distinct from general allergen, pregnancy safety, or irritant checks available on sibling endpoints. Best for users with confirmed or suspected fungal acne who need lipid-chain-length risk analysis.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or unparseable ingredient list returns an error
- Proprietary trade names not recognized as INCI may not be screened accurately
- Very novel or rare ingredients may lack literature coverage
- Malformed GET request with missing ingredient parameter returns 400

## How this service works

Is this ingredient list fungal-acne safe? Malassezia (pityrosporum folliculitis) safety screen for skincare ingredients — flagged lipid-chain-length ingredients vs. safe ingredients, grounded in mycology and lipid-chemistry literature.

## Output

Returns a breakdown of each ingredient categorized as fungal-acne safe or unsafe, with flagged lipid-chain-length offenders and an overall safety verdict, grounded in mycology and lipid-chemistry literature.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "lang": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "en | ko | ja | de | fr | es | pt (optional)"
      },
      "ingredients": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "required — comma-separated INCI ingredients"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "overall_verdict": "contains flagged ingredients",
  "flagged_ingredients": [
   {
    "ingredient": "isopropyl myristate"
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/glowpulse-fungal-acne-malassezia-ingredient-safety-checker-23e2ea0e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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