YOUR QUESTION IS SPOT ON: EXCESS MITOCHONDRIAL IRON CAUSES THE ACCUMULATION OF EXCESS UNMATCHED ELECTRONS (REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES) IN THE ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN IN THE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY (ATP). THIS PHENOMENA HAS BEEN WELL PUBLISHED FOE 20 YEARS. I REPRESENT MULTIPLE GRANTED PATENTS ON THIS SUBJECT MATTER.
Would this “excess mitochondrial iron” at all correspond to ferritin and hemoglobin test results?