article Inflammatory biomarkers as a herbal anti-arthritic drug discovery tool 11 July 2017 | By Amita Verma (Shalom Institute of Health and Allied Sciences), Firoz Anwar (King Abdulaziz University), Imran Kazmi (Glocal School of Pharmacy), Mahfoozur Rahman (Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology & Sciences), Sarwar Beg (Jubilant Generics Limited), Vikas Kumar (Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology & Sciences) Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is joint-related, immune-based inflammatory disarray that affects almost 1% of the world’s population. The most evidenced pathogenesis is T-cell activation, which leads to clusters of differentiation (CD) in the T-cells and concurrently increases various inflammatory biomarkers.