EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

       
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

    
     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 3 to
Registration Statement No. 333-5921 of OXIS International, Inc. (formerly DDI
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) and subsidiaries on Form S-3, as amended, of our report
dated March 7, 1996, which included an explanatory paragraph relating to the
Company's ability to continue as a going concern, appearing in the Annual Report
on Form 10-K of OXIS International, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1995,
as amended by Form 10K/A and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts"
in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.      

           
       DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
       Portland, Oregon
       August 27, 1996