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This study investigated metabolic and physiological responses to water deficit in three Egyptian soybean breeding lines (L07, L34, and L74).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Gas chromatography\u2013mass spectrometry profiling identified 132 metabolites in leaves and 86 in roots, including amino acids, organic acids, carbohydrates, polyphenols, and lipids. Principal component analysis clearly separated control and drought\u2010stressed plants, with the first two components explaining 55.7% and 54.4% of the variance in leaves and roots, respectively. L74 exhibited greater metabolic stability and accumulated higher levels of protective polyphenols (vanillic and benzoic acids), compatible solutes (trehalose and mannitol), and stress\u2010related amino acids (\u03b3\u2010aminobutyric acid and proline) than L07 and L34. Partial least squares discriminant analysis identified trehalose, quercetin, chlorogenic acid, and phosphorylated sugars as major drought\u2010responsive metabolites (variable importance in projection\u2009=\u20092.65\u20133.14). Pathway analysis revealed coordinated changes in carbohydrate metabolism, tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates, and antioxidant metabolism. Physiologically, L74 maintained higher relative water content (81%) than L07 (71%) and L34 (69%), together with greater shoot biomass and antioxidant enzyme activities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Integrated metabolic and physiological analyses indicate that L74 achieves superior drought tolerance through coordinated metabolic homeostasis involving osmotic adjustment, antioxidant protection, and maintenance of primary metabolism. 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