https://blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/65786/201405/29640.html
You may be interested in reading this book by late Canadian doctor Abram Hoffer who died in Victoria, BC in 2009.
https://www.amazon.ca/Niacin-Real-Story-Abram-Hoffer/dp/1591202752
if you did not yet.
One thing that puzzles me is this: Is it possible that many Chinese medicinal herbs also contain these molecules discussed in this book? Very likely.