Nine new compounds having five- and modified six-member carbohydrate core derived from D-lyxose or D-mannose, and non-hydrolysable aglycones (benzylsulfonyl or aryl(alkyl)triazolyl) were synthesised to investigate their ability to inhibit the recombinant Drosophila melanogaster homologs of two human GH38 family enzymes: Golgi mannosidase II (dGMIIb) and lysosomal mannosidase (dLMII).Two compounds were weak selective dGMIIb inhibitors showing IC50 at mM level. Moreover, it was found that another GH38 enzyme, commercial jack bean α-mannosidase, was inhibited by triazole conjugates regardless of the carbohydrate core while the corresponding sulfones were inactive.