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Note 5 - Stock Options and Warrants (Details 1)

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Note 5 - Stock Options and Warrants (Details 1) (WarrantMember, USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
WarrantMember
 
Warrants Outstanding  
Outstanding as of December 31, 2013 591,045,682us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_WarrantMember
Granted 7,142,857OXIS_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentsAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_WarrantMember
Forfeited 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresInPeriod
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_WarrantMember
Exercised 0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_WarrantMember
Outstanding as of March 31, 2014 598,188,539us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_WarrantMember
Weighted Average Exercise Price  
Outstanding as of December 31, 2013 $ 0.01us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_WarrantMember
Granted $ 0.01us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_WarrantMember
Forfeited $ 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_WarrantMember
Exercised $ 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_WarrantMember
Outstanding as of March 31, 2014 $ 0.01us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_WarrantMember