The carbohydrate moieties of glycosphingolipids from eggs of the human parasite,Schistosoma mansoni,wereenzy-matically released, labelled with 2-aminopyridine (PA), fractionated and analysed by linkage analysis, partial hydrolysis, enzymatic cleavage, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-¯ight mass spectrometry and nano-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.