In the present work, the corrosion inhibition properties of three amino acid compounds, glycine (Gly), 2,2'-azanediyldiacetic acid (IDA), 5-aminopentanoic acid (5-APA), and two triazine (Tris) derivatives containing GIy or IDA units were investigated. It was found that the amino acids and their triazine derivatives behaved like mixed-type corrosion inhibitors that reduced oxidative dissolution and retarded a hydrogen emission reaction. In the case of the three amino adds, it was found that the increase in the length and the number carboxylic acid groups of the molecules enhanced the corrosion inhibition properties. It was also observed that the presence of triazine ring enhanced the corrosion inhibition properties significantly. It was suggested that the adsorption of triazine derivatives on a metal surface was the Langmuir isotherm adsorption and mainly physisorption. In the case of Tris-IDA, the six acetic acid moieties emanating from the triazine ring led to partial negative charges on the outer layer and disrupted the physisorption and chemisorption of Tris-IDA on the metal surface. In addition, two acetic acid moieties per IDA caused steric hindrance when Tris-IDA adsorbed onto the metal surface. These results made the corrosion inhibition properties of Tris-IDA lower than those of Tris-Gly.